뜻

1. 부정하다, 아니라고 말하다
2. 거절하다, 사절하다

1. I deny
2. I refuse, say no

예문

• Torquatus, qui iussu Pompei oppido praeerat praesidiumque ibi Parthinorum habebat, conatus portis clausis oppidum defendere, cum Graecos murum ascendere atque arma capere iuberet, illi autem se contra imperium populi Romani pugnaturos esse negarent, oppidani autem etiam sua sponte Caesarem recipere conarentur, desperatis omnibus auxiliis portas aperuit et se atque oppidum Caesari dedidit incolumisque ab eo conservatus est. (CAESAR, COMMENTARIORVM DE BELLO CIVILI, TERTIVS 11:6)

  (카이사르, 내란기, 3권 11:6)

• namque Lacedaemonii causam idoneam nacti propter barbarorum excursiones, qua negarent oportere extra Peloponnesum ullam urbem muros habere, ne essent loca munita, quae hostes possiderent, Athenienses aedificantes prohibere sunt conati. (Cornelius Tacitus, Vitae, Liber de Excellentibus Ducibus Exterarum Gentium, chapter 6 2:2)

  (코르넬리우스 타키투스, , , 6장 2:2)

• cum ut vanum eum negarent consules audiendum esse vociferantemque prodi publicam causam submoveri iussissent, tribunos appellat. (Titus Livius (Livy), Ab Urbe Condita, Liber III 793:1)

  (티투스 리비우스, 로마 건국사, 793:1)

• alii cum eas voluptates, quae ad amicos pertinerent, negarent esse per se ipsas tam expetendas, quam nostras expeteremus, quo loco videtur quibusdam stabilitas amicitiae vacillare, tuentur tamen eum locum seque facile, ut mihi videtur, expediunt. (M. Tullius Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, LIBER PRIMUS 86:2)

  (마르쿠스 툴리우스 키케로, 최선과 최악에 관하여, 86:2)

• qui mihi consuessent aut libenter polliceri si quid esset eius modi quod eorum animos non offenderet, aut etiam negare et adferre rationem cur negarent, huic meae rogationi potius non continuo responderunt; (M. Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, LIBER SEXTVS: AD A. TORQVATVM ET CETEROS, letter 8 1:2)

  (마르쿠스 툴리우스 키케로, 친구들에게 보낸 편지들, , 1:2)

유의어 사전

1. Negare means to deny, from objective motives, when a man has, or professes to have, the truth in view, like ἀποφάναι, οὐ φάναι; whereas infiteri, infitiari, and infitias ire, mean to disown from subjective motives, when personal interest is in some way implicated, like ἀρνεῖσθαι. 2. Infiteri is an obsolete expression; infitiari (ἀνα‐φατίζειν,) the usual and general expression; infitias (ἀμφασίας) ire is only connected with a negation, and answers to the phrase, not to assent to. 3. Negatio is a denial, merely conveying information to the hearer; pernegatio, or negitatio, to convince him, when he is incredulous; denegatio, to get rid of his importunity, when his request is useless. Martial, Ep. iv. 82. Negare jussi, pernegare non jussi. Cic. Phil. xi. 8, 19. In quo maximum nobis onus imposuit, assensero; ambitionem induxero in curiam; negaro; videbor suffragio meo tanquam comitiis honorem amicissimo denegasse. 4. Negare supposes a question only, whether actual or possible, which is denied; whereas recusare, a request which is refused; hence negare is a more general and mild expression than recusare; for the negans merely denies the possibility of granting what he is asked or requested; whereas the recusans also calls in question the justice of the request, which he protests against as a threat, or as an encroachment. Hence negare, denegare, are more used in private transactions; recusare, in public affairs. 5. Negare and recusare take place by means of words and speeches; abnuere and renuere, mostly by signs and gestures; abnuere, by waving a person from one with the hand, like ἀπονεύω; renuere, by drawing back the head, like ἀνανεύω. 6. Abnuere is a more friendly, renuere a haughtier manner of denying. 7. Recusare refers to an object which is considered as a burden, and claims resignation, in opp. to suscipere, Suet. Ner. 3; whereas repudiare (from repedare?) refers to an object which is considered as a good, and promises profit or pleasure, in opp. to assumere. Cic. Orat. 62. Cic. Fin. i. 10, 33. Sæpe eveniet ut et voluptates repudiandæ sint, et molestia non recusanda. (iv. 40.)

출처: Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein