abnego
From LSJ
Ῥύπος γυνὴ πέφυκεν ἠργυρωμένος → Woman is silver-plated dirt → Argento sordes illitas puta mulierem → Mit Silber überzogner Schmutz ist eine Frau
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ab-nĕgo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to refuse, be unwilling (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): conjugium alicui, Verg. A. 7, 424: imbrem, Col. (poet.) 10, 51: comitem (se), Hor. C. 1, 35, 22; cf. Sil. 3, 110: depositum, to deny, Plin. Ep. 10, 97; so, partem pecuniae (pactae), Quint. 11, 2, 11; cf. Dig. 16, 3, 11 al.—With inf.: medicas adhibere manus ad vulnera pastor Abnegat, Verg. G. 3, 456; so id. A. 2, 637.—Absol.: Abnegat, inceptoque, etc., Verg. A. 2, 654.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
abnĕgō,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre, tr.
1 refuser absolument, alicui aliquid, qqch. à qqn : Virg. En. 7, 424 ; Hor. O. 1, 35, 22
