nolo Latin · revision 17866

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *welh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnoː.ɫoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnɔː.lo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nōlō''' (present infinitive nōlle, perfect active nōluī); irregular conjugation, suppletive, no passive, no gerund^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus has ''nevīs'' for ''nōn vīs'' and ''nevolt'' for ''nōn vult'', and Caecilius ''nōltis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is contracted from ⟨*ne volō⟩, formed [[af|la|ne-|volō|t2=to want]], “not to want”.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives the verb from [[ine-pro|*welh₁-|t=to choose, want]], comparing [[sa|वृणीते|tr=vṛṇīté|t=chooses]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on: ''nōlō ego metuī, amārī mālō'', “I do not want to be feared, I prefer to be loved”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Nōlle'' means “to be unwilling, not to want”, often “to refuse” or “not to intend”, and ''velim nōlim'' is “whether one likes it or not”.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995) With an accusative and infinitive or a subjunctive it means “to be unwilling that”, and ''nōllem'' “I wish it had not happened”.^(OLD 2012) With a simple accusative it means “not to want, not to care for”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ The imperative ''nōlī'', ''nōlīte'' with an infinitive forms a polite prohibition, “do not …” (''nōlī īrāscī'' “don't be angry”).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''nōlō ego metuī, amārī mālō'';^(OLD 2012) ''nōlī īrāscier''.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''nōlī metuere'', “don't be afraid”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''prōmīsisse nōllem'', “I wish he had not promised”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To be [[m|en|unwilling]], not to want;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) to [[m|en|refuse]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''velim nōlim'', whether one likes it or not.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(with accusative and infinitive)'' To be unwilling that;^(OLD 2012) ''nōllem'', I wish it had not happened.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(with accusative)'' Not to want, not to care for.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''nōlī'', ''nōlīte'' (with infinitive), do not …^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nolentia]]

+ * [[nōluntās]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[volō]]

+ * [[mālō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}