verb transitive

dēnĕgo

2nd PP dē-nĕgāre · 3rd PP dē-nĕgāvi · 4th PP dē-nĕgātum · conj. 1st

To deny; to say it is not so •

To deny a thing, to say it is not so (very rare): datum denegant, quod datum est, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 12: objecta, Tac. A. 15, 57.—Far more freq. and class. (cf., on the contrary, abnego).—

To reject, refuse, deny

To reject, refuse, deny a request, entreaty, etc. (for syn. cf.: nego, infitias eo, infitior, diffiteor, recuso, abnuo, renuo, detrecto).

With acc.: si tibi denegem, quod me oras, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 47: cum id quod… poetic ••

With acc.: si tibi denegem, quod me oras, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 47: cum id quod antea petenti denegasset, ultro polliceretur, Caes. B. G. 1, 42; cf. id. B. C. 1, 32, 6: auxilia, Hirt. B. G. 8, 45: praemium dignitatis, quod populus Romanus, cum hujus majoribus semper detulisset, huic denegaret, Cic. Fl. 1; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14; cf. id. Phil. 11, 8, 19: sperata gaudia Nymphae Denegat, Ov. M. 4, 369 et saep.; with ellipsis of object: duo rogavi te: ne deneges mihi, Vulg. Prov. 30, 7.—Poet. of subjects not personal: undas amnis, afflatus ventus, Ov. Ib. 107 sq.: oratorium ingenium alicui, Tac. Or. 10.—

With inf. or acc. and inf. (poet.): denegavit, se dare granum tritici, Plaut.… poetic •

With inf. or acc. and inf. (poet.): denegavit, se dare granum tritici, Plaut. Stitch. 4, 1, 52; Ter. And. 1, 5, 6; Prop. 2, 24, 28 (3, 19, 12 M.): dare denegaris, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 78; Hor. Od. 3, 16, 38.—

Ter. And. 1, 1, 131; 4, 1, 6; 9; Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2; id. Att. 1, 1; Suet. Caes.… absol

Absol., Ter. And. 1, 1, 131; 4, 1, 6; 9; Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2; id. Att. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 1 al.—

With se, to deny one's self, i. e. subject his own will to another's (eccl.… with se, to deny one's self

With se, to deny one's self, i. e. subject his own will to another's (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Marc. 8, 34.

Perseus ID: n13086 Key: denego