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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnɛ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnɛː.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''negō''' (present infinitive negāre, perfect active negāvī, supine negātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from the negative [[m|la|neg-]] of [[neque]] “and not”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The TLL derives it from a phrase of two particles, *né gó/e “not at all”, comparing [[grc|ἐγώ γε|tr=egṓ ge|t=I at least]].^(TLL) Lewis and Short took it from [[m|la|ne]] and [[aiō]] “to say yes”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it with an accusative and infinitive: a woman denies that she is the man's mother.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense was to say that something is not so, to deny, the opposite of [[aiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) From this it meant to refuse to give, withhold, to say no to a request or a person, to decline to do something, and to forbid or disallow.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein distinguishes ''negāre'', denying with the truth in view, from [[īnfitior|alt=īnfitiārī]], disowning for personal reasons.^(Döderlein 1874) An old form ''negumāte'' “deny” occurs in the verses of the seer Marcius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It survives in [[it|negare]], [[fr|nier]] and [[es|negar]].^(Wiktionary) [[en|negate]] dates from 1795.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of denying.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero says we can refuse nothing to the wretched.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1795 – English ''negate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|deny]], say that something is not so.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|refuse]], withhold.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To say no (to a person or request).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To decline (to do something).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To forbid, disallow.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[abnegō]]

+ * [[adnego]]

+ * [[dēnegō]]

+ * [[negantia]]

+ * [[negantinummius]]

+ * [[negātiō]]

+ * [[negātīvus]]

+ * [[negātor]]

+ * [[negātrīx]]

+ * [[negibundus]]

+ * [[negitō]]

+ * [[pernegō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[neque]]

+ * [[aiō]]

+ * [[en|negate]]

+ * [[en|negative]]

+ * [[en|deny]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}