Latin particle
nōn
nōn is a Latin particle. In the 9 analysed lines it was read in, it means “not”.
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from nōn to the words it goes with.
“Equidem natus non eram.”
For my part, I had not been born.
non: tells how or when about eram.
Non Cinnae, non Sullae longa dominatio;
Neither Cinna's nor Sulla's tyranny lasted long.
Non: tells how or when about Cinnae.
Patere tua consilia non sentis, constrictam iam horum omnium scientia teneri coniurationem tuam non vides?
Do you not perceive that your plans lie open, do you not see that your conspiracy is now held bound by the knowledge of all these men?
non: tells how or when about sentis.
Vesuvium fuisse postea cognitum est —oriebatur, cuius similitudinem et formam non alia magis arbor quam pinus expresserit.
Vesuvius, it was afterwards learned, was erupting, whose likeness and form no other tree expressed more than a pine tree.
non: tells how or when about alia.
Tum, cum uxores ipse et populus suus non haberent, invitavit ad spectaculum ludorum vicinas urbi Romae nationes atque earum virgines rapuit.
Then, since he himself and his people had no wives, he invited to a spectacle of games the nations neighboring the city of Rome, and he seized their maidens.
non: tells how or when about haberent.
“Pater meus,” inquit, “Hamilcar puerulo me, utpote non amplius novem annos nato, in Hispaniam imperator proficiscens Karthagine Iovi optimo maximo hostias immolavit.
"My father," he said, "Hamilcar, when I was a mere boy, being no more than nine years old, upon setting out for Spain as commander, sacrificed victims at Carthage to Jupiter Optimus Maximus."
non: tells how or when about amplius.
…indigestaque moles nec quicquam nisi pondus iners congestaque eodem non bene iunctarum discordia semina rerum
Before the sea and lands and the heaven which covers all things, there was one face of nature in the whole world, which they called chaos: a rude and undigested mass, and nothing but inert weight and the discordant seeds of things not well joined together, heaped together in the same place.
non: tells how or when about bene.
temporibusque Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia, donec gliscente adulatione deterrerentur.
And for telling of the times of Augustus, fitting talents were not lacking, until they were deterred by growing flattery.
non: tells how or when about defuere.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| non | Particle | 11 |
Words it goes with
Joined to nōn by an arc in these lines, most often first.