nolo

nōlo, nōlŭi, nolle (nevis for non vis, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 32 Brix ad loc.; id. Most. 3, 2, 75; id. Poen. 5, 2, 119 al.:

nevolt for non vult,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 80; id. Most. 1, 2, 29; Titin. ap. Non. 144, 7; v. Don. ad Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 2: noltis for non vultis, Lucil. ap. Diom. p. 381 P.; gerund. abl. nolendo, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 27), v. irreg. [ne-volo], to wish, or will... not; not to wish, to be unwilling.

I.

In gen., with inf., or acc. and inf.: SI NOLET, ARCERAM NE STERNITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25:

nolumus,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 85:

novi ingenium mulierum: nolunt, ubi velis: ubi nolis, cupiunt ultro,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 43:

etiamsi nolint,

Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47:

nolo, eundem populum imperatorem et portitorem esse terrarum,

id. ib. 4, 7, 7:

pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

nollet carmine quemquam Describi,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 153:

procedere recte Qui moechos non voltis,

id. S. 1, 2, 38.—Esp. freq. in imp., noli, nolito, nolite, etc., with inf. periphrastically for the imp., do not:

noli irascier,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 60; 65:

noli avorsari,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 1:

noli putare,

Cic. Brut. 33, 125: nolito putare, Lucil. ap. Non. 505, 20: nolite, hospites, ad me adire, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 404 Vahl.):

nolite, judices, existimare, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 42, 105: nolitote mirari, Sisenn. ap. Non. 481, 2:

noli vexare,

Juv. 1, 126.— Sometimes with velle pleonastically:

nolite, judices... hunc jam naturā ipsā occidentem velle maturius exstingui vulnere vestro, quam suo fato,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79; Nep. Att. 4, 2.—Sometimes followed by a negative, which does not destroy the negation:

nolui deesse, ne tacitae quidem flagitioni tuae,

Cic. Top. 1, 5; Liv. 2, 45: nollem, I would not, I could wish not:

nollem factum,

I am sorry for it, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 11:

Carthaginem et Numantiam funditus sustulerunt: nollem Corinthum,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35: quod nolim, which Heaven forbid:

videbis, si erit, quod nolim, arcessendus, ne, etc.,

id. Att. 7, 18, 3; Ov. H. 20, 100: non nolle, to have no objection, to be willing:

cum se non nolle dixisset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 75:

quos ego nominarem: neque ipsi nolunt,

and they have no objection, id. Sull. 26, 72.— Part. pres.:

me nolente,

without my consent, against my will, Quint. 3, 6, 68:

nolente senatu,

Luc. 1, 274:

nolentibus umbris,

id. 2, 175.—

II.

In partic., to wish ill, be adverse to a person (very rare):

cui qui nolunt, iidem tibi, quod eum ornāsti, non sunt amici,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3.— P. a.: nōlens, entis, unwilling (post-Aug. for invitus):

dignitati ejus aliquid adstruere inopinantis, nescientis, immo etiam fortasse nolentis,

Plin. Ep. 3, 2, 3; Cels. 1, 8; Quint. 3, 6, 68.