nolo

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: no‧lo
• Rhymes: -olo
• IPA^(key): [ˈnolo]

Adjective

nolo (comparative nolompi, superlative noloin)

1. embarrassed

   Hän oli kovin nolo jäätyään kiinni itse teossa.

   He was so embarrassed for having been caught in the act.

2. awkward, embarrassing

   Se oli todella nolo tilanne.

   It was a really awkward situation.

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

• olon

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: nò‧lo

Noun

nolo m (plural noli)

1. hire, hiring, renting

   prendere a nolo ― to rent; to hire

2. hire, rental, freight

Synonyms

• noleggio

Related terms

• noleggiare

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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

1. 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.

  Don't approach me strangers!

  Nōlīte, judices, existimare.

  Don't judge, judges!

• 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

Conjugation of nolo (irregular, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nōlō	nōn vīs	nōn vult	nōlumus	nōn vultis	nōlunt
	imperfect	nōlēbam	nōlēbās	nōlēbat	nōlēbāmus	nōlēbātis	nōlēbant
	future	nōlam	nōlēs	nōlet	nōlēmus	nōlētis	nōlent
	perfect	nōluī	nōluistī	nōluit	nōluimus	nōluistis	nōluērunt, nōluēre
	pluperfect	nōlueram	nōluerās	nōluerat	nōluerāmus	nōluerātis	nōluerant
	future perfect	nōluerō	nōlueris	nōluerit	nōluerimus	nōlueritis	nōluerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nōlim	nōlīs	nōlit	nōlīmus	nōlītis	nōlint
	imperfect	nōllem	nōllēs	nōllet	nōllēmus	nōllētis	nōllent
	perfect	nōluerim	nōluerīs	nōluerit	nōluerīmus	nōluerītis	nōluerint
	pluperfect	nōluissem	nōluissēs	nōluisset	nōluissēmus	nōluissētis	nōluissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	nōlī	—	—	nōlīte	—
	future	—	nōlitō	nōlitō	—	nōlitōte	nōluntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nōlle	nōluisse	—	—	—	—
participles		nōlēns	—	—	—	—	—

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
• “nolo” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)