nay Copy link Outline I. As negative answerII. Nay more, nay rather; introducing a remark corrective of what precedes1. immo or īmo; esp. strengthened by vēro2. atque ădeo (= and more than that)3. quid? quod ... (an elliptical mode of speech., introducing something that could hardly have been expected • nay: I. As negative answer: non, non ita: v. no. II. Nay more, nay rather; introducing a remark corrective of what precedes: 1. immo or īmo; esp. strengthened by vēro: cf. Cic. Cat. 1, 1., 2, vivit? immo vero in Senatum venit, i. e. nay more; he actually comes into the Senate: also, Suet. Aug. 65, Agrippam nihilo tractabiliorem., immo in dies amentiorem., i. e. nay rather; he became worse: this use of immo (vero) is very freq. in conversation, cf. Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 3. Eun. 2, 3, 38, et pass. 2. atque ădeo (= and more than that): they hint this; nay more, they openly show, hoc significant, atque adeo aperte ostendunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, 148: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. adeo (III.). 3. quid? quod ... (an elliptical mode of speech., introducing something that could hardly have been expected: what of this ... that ...): nay more, if that be true, all reason is done away with, quid, quod, si ista vera sunt, ratio omnis tollitur? Cic. Ac. 2, 8, 26: cf. id. Man. 5, 12, quid, quod salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur? (N.B.--A note of interrogation is often put immediately after the Quid.) See also moreover.