adverb, non; minime vero, minime... quidem (no, not at all): immo, immo vero, immo enim vero, immo potius (when one answers by the contrary; no! on the contrary). ☞ The verb from the preceding question is usually repeated with non; as, is your brother within? estne frater intus? no! non! or better, non est: are you not angry? non irata es? no! non sum irata: do you not believe these things? an tu haec non credis? no, no! not at all, minime vero! or, are you of opinion that it is not necessary for a good state to give suitable laws? an censes non necesse esse optimae reipublicae leges dare consentaneas? no! I am quite of that opinion, immo prorsus ita censeo: are you then deceiving him? siccine hunc decipis? no! on the contrary, he is cheating me, immo enim vero hic me decipit. ☞ For the English “no, it is not so,” we must not repeat non, and say non, non ita est, we must say only non ita est). To answer yes or no, aut etiam aut non respondere: the one says yes, the other no, hic ait, ille negat: to say no to anything, negare aliquid (to deny or negative); abnuere; denegare; negare se aliquid facturum esse (to refuse).