nonne
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[edit] French
[edit] Noun
nonne f. (plural nonnes)
- (literary) nun
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
nonne f.
- Plural form of nonna.
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From non meaning "not" and -ne.
[edit] Adverb
nonne
- (in a direct question) not, expecting an affirmative answer
- Nonne intellegis?
- Don't you understand?
- Quid? Nonne sustulisti?
- Te dejectum debeo intellegere, etiamsi tactus non fueris: nonne?
- Quid paulo ante dixerim, nonne meministi?
- Nonne intellegis?
- (in an indirect interrogation) if not, whether not
- Cum esset ex eo quaesitum, Archelaum Perdiccae filium nonne beatum putaret.
- Quaero a te, nonne putes.
[edit] Usage notes
- In a direct interrogation:
- Nonne ego hic sto?
- Don't I stand here?
- Nonne animadvertis?
- Aren't you paying attention?
- Nonne ego hic sto?
- Nonne is very rarely repeated:
- Nonne extremam pati fortunam paratos projecit ille? nonne sibi clam ...?
- It is usually followed by non in continued questions:
- Nonne vobis haec quae audīstis oculis cernere videmini? non illum ... videtis? non positas insidias? non, etc

