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|lshtext=<b>dē-nĕgo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> 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]]).—<br /><b>II</b> To [[reject]], [[refuse]], [[deny]] a [[request]], [[entreaty]], etc. (for syn. cf.: [[nego]], infitias eo, [[infitior]], [[diffiteor]], [[recuso]], [[abnuo]], [[renuo]], [[detrecto]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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; id. 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol., Ter. And. 1, 1, 131; 4, 1, 6; 9; Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2; id. Att. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 1 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With se, to [[deny]] one's [[self]], i. e. [[subject]] his [[own]] [[will]] to [[another]]'s (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Marc. 8, 34.