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Pronunciation
Verb
nego
- first-person singular present indicative of negar
Galician
Verb
nego
- first-person singular present indicative of negar
Indonesian
Noun
nego (first-person possessive negoku, second-person possessive negomu, third-person possessive negonya)
- (slang) apocopic form of negosiasi (“negotiation”)
- Synonym: runding
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from negare + -o.
Noun
nego m (plural neghi)
- (archaic or literary) Alternative form of niego (“denial, refusal”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
nego
- first-person singular present indicative of negare
References
Further reading
- nego in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From ne (“not”), possibly by means of nec,[1][2] + -ō, -āre (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
Verb
negō (present infinitive negāre, perfect active negāvī, supine negātum); first conjugation
- to deny
- Synonyms: dēnegō, recusō
- Antonyms: accipiō, recipiō
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.333–335:
- “Ego tē, quae plūrima fandō / ēnumerāre valēs, numquam, rēgīna, negābō / prōmeritam .”
- “I… you – which far outnumber those you can recount in telling – never, o my queen, will I deny that you have deserved.”
- (intransitive) to refuse, say no
- Synonyms: abnuō, renuō, recūsō
- Antonyms: aiō, adnuō
- (transitive) to reject, refuse, say no to (something), turn down
- Synonyms: āspernor, detrectō, renūntiō, āversor
27 BCE – 25 BCE,
Titus Livius,
Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
- dum nē quem mīlitem legeret ex eō numerō quibus senātus missiōnem reditumque in patriam negāsset ante bellī fīnem.
- provided he did not choose any soldier from those to whom the Senate had refused discharge and a return home before the end of the war
- to keep from, prevent
Conjugation
Conjugation of negō (first conjugation)
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indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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negō
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negās
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negat
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negāmus
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negātis
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negant
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imperfect
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negābam
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negābās
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negābat
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negābāmus
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negābātis
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negābant
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future
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negābō
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negābis
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negābit
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negābimus
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negābitis
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negābunt
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perfect
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negāvī
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negāvistī, negāstī3
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negāvit, negāt3
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negāvimus, negāmus3
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negāvistis, negāstis3
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negāvērunt, negāvēre, negārunt3
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pluperfect
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negāveram, negāram3
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negāverās, negārās3
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negāverat, negārat3
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negāverāmus, negārāmus3
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negāverātis, negārātis3
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negāverant, negārant3
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future perfect
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negāverō, negārō3
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negāveris, negāris3
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negāverit, negārit3
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negāverimus, negārimus3
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negāveritis, negāritis3
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negāverint, negārint3
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sigmatic future1
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negāssō
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negāssis
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negāssit
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negāssimus
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negāssitis
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negāssint
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passive
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present
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negor
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negāris, negāre
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negātur
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negāmur
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negāminī
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negantur
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imperfect
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negābar
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negābāris, negābāre
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negābātur
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negābāmur
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negābāminī
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negābantur
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future
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negābor
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negāberis, negābere
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negābitur
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negābimur
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negābiminī
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negābuntur
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perfect
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negātus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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negātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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negātus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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negem
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negēs
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neget
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negēmus
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negētis
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negent
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imperfect
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negārem
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negārēs
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negāret
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negārēmus
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negārētis
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negārent
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perfect
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negāverim, negārim3
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negāverīs, negārīs3
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negāverit, negārit3
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negāverīmus, negārīmus3
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negāverītis, negārītis3
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negāverint, negārint3
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pluperfect
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negāvissem, negāssem3
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negāvissēs, negāssēs3
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negāvisset, negāsset3
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negāvissēmus, negāssēmus3
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negāvissētis, negāssētis3
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negāvissent, negāssent3
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sigmatic aorist1
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negāssim
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negāssīs
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negāssīt
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negāssīmus
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negāssītis
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negāssint
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passive
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present
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neger
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negēris, negēre
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negētur
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negēmur
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negēminī
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negentur
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imperfect
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negārer
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negārēris, negārēre
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negārētur
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negārēmur
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negārēminī
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negārentur
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perfect
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negātus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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negātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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negā
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—
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—
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negāte
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—
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future
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—
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negātō
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negātō
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—
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negātōte
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negantō
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passive
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present
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—
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negāre
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—
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—
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negāminī
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—
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future
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—
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negātor
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negātor
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—
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—
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negantor
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non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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infinitives
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negāre
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negāvisse, negāsse3
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negātūrum esse
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negārī, negārier2
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negātum esse
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negātum īrī
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participles
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negāns
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—
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negātūrus
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—
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negātus
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negandus
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verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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negandī
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negandō
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negandum
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negandō
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negātum
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negātū
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1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
2The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
3At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ne-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 403
- ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “nego”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 436
Further reading
- “nego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nego”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nego in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to refuse, reject a request: negare, more strongly denegare alicui aliquid
- to refuse, reject a request: petenti alicui negare aliquid
- to deny the existence of the gods: deos esse negare
- an atheist: qui deum esse negat
- I do not deny: non nego, non infitior
Portuguese
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛɡu
- Hyphenation: ne‧go
Verb
nego
- first-person singular present indicative of negar
Etymology 2
From negro (“negro; black”), with reduction of final unstressed cluster (common in Brazil).
- nêgo (obsolete or eye dialect)
Pronunciation
Noun
nego m (plural negos, feminine nega, feminine plural negas)
- (Brazil, endearing or mildly derogatory, nonstandard) nigga (black person)
- Synonyms: (neutral) negro, (sometimes offensive) preto
- Isso é coisa de nego ― This is something for/by niggas.
- Ei, neguin, tu foi pra festa ontem? ― Hey, my nigga, did you go to the party yesterday?.
- (Brazil, endearing, nonstandard) a lover, especially, though not exclusively, a black one
- Ganhei de presente do meu nego ― My man gave me a gift.
- (Brazil, colloquial, nonstandard) used as a placeholder when referring to people in general
- Nego sabe que isso é perigoso, mas não tá nem aí ― People know that's dangerous, but they don't care
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
ne- (“not”) + Proto-Slavic *-go.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nêɡo/
- Hyphenation: ne‧go
Conjunction
nȅgo (Cyrillic spelling не̏го)
- (with nominative) than (in comparisons, following the comparative)
- Beograd je veći nego Zagreb. ― Belgrade is larger than Zagreb.
- (following a negation) but (see also vȅć)
- On je ne samo darovit, nego i jako marljiv. ― He is not only talented, but also very diligent.
- To nije crno, nego b(ij)elo. ― That is not black, but white.
- (linking word at the start of the sentence connecting it with the previous sentence, but changing the subject) rather
- To mi je jasno. Nego, hoćemo krenuti? ― I understand. Shall we go, rather?
- (indicates agreement) indeed, hear, hear
- Nego (što)! ― Certainly!
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
nego (Cyrillic spelling него)
- vocative singular of nega
Swedish
Verb
nego
- (pre-1940) plural past indicative of niga
Anagrams