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nolo
nolo
Finnish
Adjective
nolo (comparative nolompi, superlative noloin)
- embarrassed
- Hän oli kovin nolo jäätyään kiinni itse teossa.
- He was so embarrassed for having been caught in the act.
- Hän oli kovin nolo jäätyään kiinni itse teossa.
- awkward, embarrassing
- Se oli todella nolo tilanne.
- It was a really awkward situation.
- Se oli todella nolo tilanne.
Declension
| Inflection of nolo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nolo | nolot | |
| genitive | nolon | nolojen | |
| partitive | noloa | noloja | |
| illative | noloon | noloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nolo | nolot | |
| accusative | nom. | nolo | nolot |
| gen. | nolon | ||
| genitive | nolon | nolojen | |
| partitive | noloa | noloja | |
| inessive | nolossa | noloissa | |
| elative | nolosta | noloista | |
| illative | noloon | noloihin | |
| adessive | nololla | noloilla | |
| ablative | nololta | noloilta | |
| allative | nololle | noloille | |
| essive | nolona | noloina | |
| translative | noloksi | noloiksi | |
| instructive | — | noloin | |
| abessive | nolotta | noloitta | |
| comitative | — | noloine | |
Derived terms
- nolosti
- nolostua
- nolostuttaa
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɔlo
- Hyphenation: nò‧lo
Noun
nolo m (plural noli)
Synonyms
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From ne "that not" + volo "I want".
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnoː.loː/, [ˈnoː.ɫoː]
Verb
nōlō (present infinitive nōlle, perfect active nōlui); irregular conjugation, no passive
- I am unwilling, I wish not, I want not, I refuse
- T. Maccius Plautus, Stichus, or The Parasite Rebuffed
- Abire nolumus. ― We are unwilling to depart.
- Nollem. ― I would not/I could wish not.
- Nollem factum. ― I am sorry for it.
- Quod nolim. ― Which Heaven forbid.
- Non nolle. ― To have no objection/To be willing.
- Me nolente. ― Without my consent. /Against my will. (literally. with me being unwilling)
- Alere nolunt hominem edacem. ― They won't keep a greedy man.
Usage notes
- This verb is especially frequent in the imperative (nōlī, nōlīto, nōlīte) because its imperative form is used as the negation in a polite form of negative imperative: nōlī / nōlīte (singular/plural, respectively) + [infinitive], literally "Be unwilling to [ bare infinitive ]," reflecting the substitution of nolle + [infinitive] for ne + [second-person present subjunctive], the latter phrase having the literal meaning of "May you not [ bare infinitive ]." Examples:
- Nōlīte speluncas intrare! (plural)
- Don't (you people) enter the caves! (plural)
- Nōlī irasci.
- Don't become angry.
- Nōlī avorsari.
- Don't recoil.
- Nōlī putare.
- Don't think.
- Nōlītote mirari. (plural)
- Don't be surprised. (plural)
- Nōlīto putare.
- You shall not think.
- Nōlīte, hospites, ad me adire.
- Nōlīte, judices, existimare.
- Nōlīte speluncas intrare! (plural)
- Sometimes the verb velle (to wish, to want) is used pleonastically with this verb:
- Sometimes followed by a negative, which does not destroy the negation.
Inflection
See also
- Noli me tangere (Do not touch me)
- Noli turbare circulos meos (Do not disturb my circles!)
- Nolens, volens (Unwilling, willing)
- Nolle prosequi (To be unwilling to prosecute)
- Nolo contendere (I do not wish to contend)
- nolens volens
References
- nolo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nolo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nolo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.