Lemma 1non

adverb

not, by no means, no; [non modo ... sed etiam => not only ... but also]

Morphology1 analysis

inv.non · regular

Lewis & Short

key · nonFull entry

nōn, adv. [contr. from neoenum, i. e. nec unum, not one, like ne hilum, not any thing (cf. Engl. not, i. q. naught, Angl.-Sax. naht, contr. from ne-aht); cf. Germ. nein]

I.noenum rumores ponebat ante salutem, Enn. ap.; so, noenum sperando cupide rem prodere summam, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Müll.: noenu necesse'st, Enn. ap.

(b).Non before negatives forms a weak affirmative, and before adverbs of emphatic assertion (as prorsus, omnino, etc.) a weak negative; so, non prorsus, etc.

(g).After negatives it forms a strong affirmative, and after the adverbs above named a strong negative.

(d).But the negative force of non is not destroyed by a following ne. quidem, or nec. nec: non fugio ne hos quidem mores. — In a very few passages non is added to a negative to strengthen it (cf. Gr. ). — Unus non = ne unus quidem. — Per litoten, emphatic, by no means, not at all, the reverse of; esp. with sup. — Non quod, non quo, not that, not as if: me non sane movet res publica. — Non nisi, only; nisi. — Non vero, truly not. — Non modo, non solum. sed or sed etiam, not only. but also. — Non modo (solum) non. sed or sed etiam, not only not. but even: sed ne. quidem. but not even. — When the verb of the second clause is the common predicate of both clauses, the second non is omitted in the first clause — Non ita, non tam, not so very, not particularly. — So, non fere, scarcely, hardly (v. fere). — Non si, not even if — For nedum, much less. — In an interrogation for nonne. — For ne (poet. and in post-Aug. prose, regarded by Quint. as a solecism) — With substantives coalescing to form one notion: veri non dissimulator amoris. — As an answer, no. — In questions, non expresses surprise, and doubt of the possibility of denial v. Madv. Gram. §.