no (particle of negati Copy link Outline 1. non (more freq. with verb supplied from the question)2. mĭnĭmē (an emphatic denial)3. nullo modo (by no means; not at all)4. expr. by immo or īmo (esp. where a correction of something in the question is given)5. expr. by nĕgo, 1 (= to say, No) • no (particle of negation): 1. non (more freq. with verb supplied from the question): to answer Yes or No, aut etiam aut non respondere, Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104: will this do?--No (not it), satin' sic est?--Non, Ter. Ph. 1, 4, 33: cf. ib. 3, 2, 41, jam ea [dies] praeteriit?--Non; verum haec ei antecessit (this use of Non is best suited for brisk dialogue, or when something else is at once added, as in last example): don't you think then?... No, certainly not, non igitur existimas...? Prorsus non arbitror, Cic. Tusc. 4, 4, 8. 2. mĭnĭmē (an emphatic denial): are not you ashamed of your lying?--No, indeed ..., non pudet vanitatis?--Minime ..., Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 42: very often strengthened by vero: minime vero = no; certainly not, Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, init.: ib. 4, 4, 8. 3. nullo modo (by no means; not at all): can you not learn that in some other way?--No; in no (other), an tu aliter id scire non potes?--Nullo modo, Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 35. 4. expr. by immo or īmo (esp. where a correction of something in the question is given): so then you say they (the dead) exist?--No, on the contrary; it is because they do not exist, etc., esse ergo eos dicis?--Immo; quia non sunt ..., id. Tusc. 1, 7, init. 5. expr. by nĕgo, 1 (= to say, No): Diogenes says, Yes; Antipater, No, Diogenes ait; Antipater negat, id. Off. 3, 23, 91: Pl.: strengthened by prorsus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 12. See also to refuse. Phr.: No, thank you, recte, benigne: v. THANK YOU.