refuse
refuse
v. trans.
Decline: P. and V. οὐ δέχεσθαι, ἀ̆πωθεῖν (or mid.), πᾰρωθεῖν (or mid.), διωθεῖσθαι, ἀ̆ναίνεσθαι (Dem. and Plat. but rare P.), ἀρνεῖσθαι (Dem. 319), ἀ̆παρνεῖσθαι (Thuc. 6.56), Ar. and P. οὐκ ἀ̆ποδέχεσθαι; see also reject.
Avoid: P. and V. ἀ̆φίστασθαι (gen.), εὐλᾰβεῖσθαι; see avoid.
Refuse an invitation: P. ἐπαινεῖν (acc.) (Xen.). cf. Ar. Ran. 508).
Refuse to give: P. and V. φθονεῖν (gen. V. also acc.).
Lo I stretch forth my hand and nothing shall be refused: V. ἰδοὺ προτείνω, κουδὲν ἀντειρήσεται (Soph. Trach. 1184).
The ship shall take you and shall not be refused: V. ἡ ναῦς γὰρ ἄξει κοὐκ ἀπαρνηθήσεται (Soph. Phil. 527).
Do not refuse when we are begging our first favour: P. μὴ . . . ἡμῶν τήν γε πρώτην αἰτησάντων χάριν ἀπαρνηθεὶς γένῃ (Plat., Soph. 217c).
Refuse to (with infin.); Ar. and P. οὐκ ἐθέλειν, Ar. and V. οὐ θέλειν, V. ἀ̆ναίνεσθαι.
Do not refuse to answer me this: P. μὴ φθόνει μοι ἀποκρίνασθαι τοῦτο (Plat. Gorg. 489a).
Come to my house early to-morrow and don’t refuse: P. αὔριον ἕωθεν ἀφίκου οἴκαδε καὶ μὴ ἄλλως ποιήσῃς (Plat. Lach. 201b; cf. Ar. Av. 133).
v. trans.
Decline: P. and V. οὐ δέχεσθαι, ἀ̆πωθεῖν (or mid.), πᾰρωθεῖν (or mid.), διωθεῖσθαι, ἀ̆ναίνεσθαι (Dem. and Plat. but rare P.), ἀρνεῖσθαι (Dem. 319), ἀ̆παρνεῖσθαι (Thuc. 6.56), Ar. and P. οὐκ ἀ̆ποδέχεσθαι; see also reject.
Avoid: P. and V. ἀ̆φίστασθαι (gen.), εὐλᾰβεῖσθαι; see avoid.
Refuse an invitation: P. ἐπαινεῖν (acc.) (Xen.). cf. Ar. Ran. 508).
Refuse to give: P. and V. φθονεῖν (gen. V. also acc.).
Lo I stretch forth my hand and nothing shall be refused: V. ἰδοὺ προτείνω, κουδὲν ἀντειρήσεται (Soph. Trach. 1184).
The ship shall take you and shall not be refused: V. ἡ ναῦς γὰρ ἄξει κοὐκ ἀπαρνηθήσεται (Soph. Phil. 527).
Do not refuse when we are begging our first favour: P. μὴ . . . ἡμῶν τήν γε πρώτην αἰτησάντων χάριν ἀπαρνηθεὶς γένῃ (Plat., Soph. 217c).
Refuse to (with infin.); Ar. and P. οὐκ ἐθέλειν, Ar. and V. οὐ θέλειν, V. ἀ̆ναίνεσθαι.
Do not refuse to answer me this: P. μὴ φθόνει μοι ἀποκρίνασθαι τοῦτο (Plat. Gorg. 489a).
Come to my house early to-morrow and don’t refuse: P. αὔριον ἕωθεν ἀφίκου οἴκαδε καὶ μὴ ἄλλως ποιήσῃς (Plat. Lach. 201b; cf. Ar. Av. 133).
refuse
subs.
P. and V. χλῆδος, ὁ (Dem. 1278, Aesch. Frag.). V. κᾰθάρμᾰτα, τά.
Used Met., of persons: Ar. and P. κά̆θαρμα, τό, περίτριμμα, τό.
subs.
P. and V. χλῆδος, ὁ (Dem. 1278, Aesch. Frag.). V. κᾰθάρμᾰτα, τά.
Used Met., of persons: Ar. and P. κά̆θαρμα, τό, περίτριμμα, τό.
REFUSE
v. To decline accepting abnuere: renuere (PROP. by shaking the head): recusare (to refuse especially for some reason): repudiare (to disdain despise scorn): deponere (to decline): deprecari (to excuse one’s self): detrectare (to endeavor to withdraw from a thing): contemnere aspernari respuere (to reject with contempt): fastidire (to refuse haughtily): to refuse an office munus or provinciam recusare; honores munus deprecari: to refuse offices in the state imperia non accipere; honores deprecari: to refuse a wife with a large dowry uxorem cum grandi dote recusare: to refuse an inheritance hereditatem repudiare; also hereditatem adire or cernere nolle (not to enter upon it). To refuse one’s friendship amicitiam alicujus recusare: to refuse a triumph triumphum deponere (Liv. 2 47).
To deny a request negare aliquid; recusare aliquid or de re (for sufficient reasons): renuere aliquid (by gestures etc.); also by nolle with an infinitive (to be unwilling): to refuse a request petenti alicui aliquid denegare petenti alicui deesse preces alicujus repudiare: to refuse in part subnegare aliquid: to refuse courteously belle negare: to refuse positively or decidedly praecise negare; sine ulla exceptione or plane praecidere: to refuse to believe anything alicui rei fidem abrogare (Cic.).
v. To decline accepting abnuere: renuere (PROP. by shaking the head): recusare (to refuse especially for some reason): repudiare (to disdain despise scorn): deponere (to decline): deprecari (to excuse one’s self): detrectare (to endeavor to withdraw from a thing): contemnere aspernari respuere (to reject with contempt): fastidire (to refuse haughtily): to refuse an office munus or provinciam recusare; honores munus deprecari: to refuse offices in the state imperia non accipere; honores deprecari: to refuse a wife with a large dowry uxorem cum grandi dote recusare: to refuse an inheritance hereditatem repudiare; also hereditatem adire or cernere nolle (not to enter upon it). To refuse one’s friendship amicitiam alicujus recusare: to refuse a triumph triumphum deponere (Liv. 2 47).
To deny a request negare aliquid; recusare aliquid or de re (for sufficient reasons): renuere aliquid (by gestures etc.); also by nolle with an infinitive (to be unwilling): to refuse a request petenti alicui aliquid denegare petenti alicui deesse preces alicujus repudiare: to refuse in part subnegare aliquid: to refuse courteously belle negare: to refuse positively or decidedly praecise negare; sine ulla exceptione or plane praecidere: to refuse to believe anything alicui rei fidem abrogare (Cic.).
s. PROP. Shreds waste etc. ramentum (from metals skins etc.; by filing or rubbing): scrobis or scrobs (from wood metals; by sawing filing boring): intertrimentum retrimentum (by melting): recisamentum (chips of wood etc.).
Figuratively The worst of anything offscourivg purgamentum (e.g. servorum; urbis Curt. 6 11 2 and 2 10 7): sentina (qu. the sink; canaille): quisquiliae (qu. the sweepings: all of an entire class of bad or worthless persons): homo ad extremum perditus homo despicatissimus (a very depraved and most contemptible individual): the refuse of the people perditissima et faex populi.
Figuratively The worst of anything offscourivg purgamentum (e.g. servorum; urbis Curt. 6 11 2 and 2 10 7): sentina (qu. the sink; canaille): quisquiliae (qu. the sweepings: all of an entire class of bad or worthless persons): homo ad extremum perditus homo despicatissimus (a very depraved and most contemptible individual): the refuse of the people perditissima et faex populi.
adj. abjectus (worthless): vilis (mean): malus (bad): rejectus rejiciendus (cast away or fit only to be cast away Cic.).
refuse (v.):
1. rĕcūso, 1 (to decline, reject an offer, deny a request: constr. with acc., de, acc. and inf., subj. after ne, quin, quominus, or absol.): to r. the friendship of the Romans, populi Romani amicitiam r., Caes. B. G. 1, 44: to r. tribute, r. de stipendio, id. ib.: his feet r. to carry his body, pedes ferre recusant corpus, Hor. S. 2, 7, 108: nor do I r. to go as your companion, nec tibi comes ire recuso, Virg. Aen. 2, 704: he r.'d to express his opinion, sententiam ne diceret recusavit, Cic. Off. 3, 27, 100. Join: non r., non abnuo, id. Mil. 36, 100.
2. abnuo, ui, ūtum or uĭtum, 3 (to r. by shaking the head: constr. with acc., rarely de): to understand what each man grants, and what he r.s to grant, intelligere quid quisque concedat, quid abnuat, Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3: nor did the senate dare to r. him anything, neque illi senatus de ullo negotio a. audebat, Sall. Jug. 84: to r. to obey one's superior, a. melioribus parere, Liv. 22, 13, extr.
3. rĕnuo, ui, 3 (to deny by a shake of the head; constr. with acc. or absol.): you r. what another orders, r. tu quod jubet alter, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 63: to r. a banquet, r. convivium, Cic. Coel. 11, 27: he r.s and steadfastly says no, r. negitatque, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 49.
4. nĕgo, 1 (to deny a request, say no): to r. the rights of citizenship, n. civitatem, Suet. Aug. 40: he r.s to go to meet the enemy, se ad hostem iturum negat, Caes. B. G. 5, 36, extr.: to r. obstinately, obstinate n., id. ib. 5, 6: to r. curtly, praecise n., Cic. Att. 8, 4, ad fin.: to r. courteously, belle n., Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 11, 45: the region r.s to bear fruit, poma negat regio, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 73.
5. dēnĕgo, 1 (strengthened form of preced.): to r. to give, dare d., Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 78: to r. one his request, aliquid petenti d., Caes. B. G. 1, 42: those to whom nature has r.'d powers of oratory, ii quibus natura oratorium ingenium denegavit, Tac. Or. 10, ad init.
6. abnĕgo, 1 (mostly poet.): to r. a marriage and a dowry, a. conjugium et dotes, Virg. Aen. 7, 423: to r. to be one's companion, comitem a. (sc. se), Hor. Od. 1, 35, 22.
7. subnĕgo (to half r.): I had almost half r.d your request, tibi prope subnegaram, Cic. Fam. 7, 19.
8. pernĕgo, 1 (to r. utterly): he r.d the praetorship, he utterly r.d the consulship, praeturam negavit, consulatum pernegavit, Sen. Ben. 5, 17, 2.
9. rĕpŭdio, 1 (to r. with scorn, reject; esp. as a law term): to r. an inheritance, r. hereditatem, Papin. Dig. 37, 77, § 31: to r. a match, conditionem r., Pl. Trin. 2, 4, 54: to r. a province, r. provinciam, Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 26: v.REJECT , RENOUNCE .
10. rĕtracto, 1 (to be reluctant; decline, mostly absol.): no one r.ing whose age allowed him to go, nullo qui per aetatem ire posset retractante, Liv. 3, 52: freq. confused in MSS. with dētrecto: v.DECLINE .
11. respuo, ui, 3 (to r. with disdain): to r. the terms, r. conditiones, Caes. B. G. 1, 42: he kicks, he r.s, calcitrat, respuit, Cic. Coel. 15, 36. Phr.: on saying that he did not r., cum se non nolle dixisset, Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 75: to r. to hearken to prayers, preces aversari, Liv. 3, 12, ad fin.: he r.'d flatly without making any exception, plane sine ulla exceptione praecidit, Cic. Att 8, 4, ad fin.: to r. any one the rites of burial, aliquem sepultura prohibere, Auct. Her. 4, 24, 33: she r.s to strike the lyre, refugit tendere barbiton, Hor. Od. 1, 1, 34.
1. rĕcūso, 1 (to decline, reject an offer, deny a request: constr. with acc., de, acc. and inf., subj. after ne, quin, quominus, or absol.): to r. the friendship of the Romans, populi Romani amicitiam r., Caes. B. G. 1, 44: to r. tribute, r. de stipendio, id. ib.: his feet r. to carry his body, pedes ferre recusant corpus, Hor. S. 2, 7, 108: nor do I r. to go as your companion, nec tibi comes ire recuso, Virg. Aen. 2, 704: he r.'d to express his opinion, sententiam ne diceret recusavit, Cic. Off. 3, 27, 100. Join: non r., non abnuo, id. Mil. 36, 100.
2. abnuo, ui, ūtum or uĭtum, 3 (to r. by shaking the head: constr. with acc., rarely de): to understand what each man grants, and what he r.s to grant, intelligere quid quisque concedat, quid abnuat, Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3: nor did the senate dare to r. him anything, neque illi senatus de ullo negotio a. audebat, Sall. Jug. 84: to r. to obey one's superior, a. melioribus parere, Liv. 22, 13, extr.
3. rĕnuo, ui, 3 (to deny by a shake of the head; constr. with acc. or absol.): you r. what another orders, r. tu quod jubet alter, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 63: to r. a banquet, r. convivium, Cic. Coel. 11, 27: he r.s and steadfastly says no, r. negitatque, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 49.
4. nĕgo, 1 (to deny a request, say no): to r. the rights of citizenship, n. civitatem, Suet. Aug. 40: he r.s to go to meet the enemy, se ad hostem iturum negat, Caes. B. G. 5, 36, extr.: to r. obstinately, obstinate n., id. ib. 5, 6: to r. curtly, praecise n., Cic. Att. 8, 4, ad fin.: to r. courteously, belle n., Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 11, 45: the region r.s to bear fruit, poma negat regio, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 73.
5. dēnĕgo, 1 (strengthened form of preced.): to r. to give, dare d., Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 78: to r. one his request, aliquid petenti d., Caes. B. G. 1, 42: those to whom nature has r.'d powers of oratory, ii quibus natura oratorium ingenium denegavit, Tac. Or. 10, ad init.
6. abnĕgo, 1 (mostly poet.): to r. a marriage and a dowry, a. conjugium et dotes, Virg. Aen. 7, 423: to r. to be one's companion, comitem a. (sc. se), Hor. Od. 1, 35, 22.
7. subnĕgo (to half r.): I had almost half r.d your request, tibi prope subnegaram, Cic. Fam. 7, 19.
8. pernĕgo, 1 (to r. utterly): he r.d the praetorship, he utterly r.d the consulship, praeturam negavit, consulatum pernegavit, Sen. Ben. 5, 17, 2.
9. rĕpŭdio, 1 (to r. with scorn, reject; esp. as a law term): to r. an inheritance, r. hereditatem, Papin. Dig. 37, 77, § 31: to r. a match, conditionem r., Pl. Trin. 2, 4, 54: to r. a province, r. provinciam, Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 26: v.
10. rĕtracto, 1 (to be reluctant; decline, mostly absol.): no one r.ing whose age allowed him to go, nullo qui per aetatem ire posset retractante, Liv. 3, 52: freq. confused in MSS. with dētrecto: v.
11. respuo, ui, 3 (to r. with disdain): to r. the terms, r. conditiones, Caes. B. G. 1, 42: he kicks, he r.s, calcitrat, respuit, Cic. Coel. 15, 36. Phr.: on saying that he did not r., cum se non nolle dixisset, Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 75: to r. to hearken to prayers, preces aversari, Liv. 3, 12, ad fin.: he r.'d flatly without making any exception, plane sine ulla exceptione praecidit, Cic. Att 8, 4, ad fin.: to r. any one the rites of burial, aliquem sepultura prohibere, Auct. Her. 4, 24, 33: she r.s to strike the lyre, refugit tendere barbiton, Hor. Od. 1, 1, 34.
refuse (subs.):
1. purgāmentum: a sewer, the receptacle of all the r. of the city, cloaca, receptaculum omnium p. urbis, Liv. 1, 56: a cart in which the garden r. is carried out, vehiculum quo p. hortorum eripiuntur, Tac. A. 11, 32: a term of abuse, Curt. 6, 11, 2.
2. purgāmen, ĭnis (same as preced.): Ov. Fast. 6, 713.
3. ejectāmentum: (what is cast up): the r. of the sea, e. maris, Tac. G. 45.
4. rĕcrmentum (prop. what is sifted out); the r. of lead, r. plumbi, Cels. 6, 8, ad init.: Gell. 17, 11.
5. excrēmentum (same as preced.): the r. of wheat, e. tritici, Col. 8, 5, extr.: of the body, Plin. 11, 26, 32.
6. rĕtrīmentum: the r. of lead, r. plumbi, Cels. 5, 15: of pressed olives, Varr. R. R. 1, 64.
7. quisquĭliae: usu. in fig. sense: defined by Isid. Orig. 17, 6, as purgamenta terrarum.
8. faex, cis, f.: v.DREGS .
1. purgāmentum: a sewer, the receptacle of all the r. of the city, cloaca, receptaculum omnium p. urbis, Liv. 1, 56: a cart in which the garden r. is carried out, vehiculum quo p. hortorum eripiuntur, Tac. A. 11, 32: a term of abuse, Curt. 6, 11, 2.
2. purgāmen, ĭnis (same as preced.): Ov. Fast. 6, 713.
3. ejectāmentum: (what is cast up): the r. of the sea, e. maris, Tac. G. 45.
4. rĕcrmentum (prop. what is sifted out); the r. of lead, r. plumbi, Cels. 6, 8, ad init.: Gell. 17, 11.
5. excrēmentum (same as preced.): the r. of wheat, e. tritici, Col. 8, 5, extr.: of the body, Plin. 11, 26, 32.
6. rĕtrīmentum: the r. of lead, r. plumbi, Cels. 5, 15: of pressed olives, Varr. R. R. 1, 64.
7. quisquĭliae: usu. in fig. sense: defined by Isid. Orig. 17, 6, as purgamenta terrarum.
8. faex, cis, f.: v.
appearing fewer than 50 times
βρύτεαrefuse of olives
κάθαρμα
refuse, outcast; purified ground
πάτημα
that which is trodden : refuse
περικάθαρμα
an off-scouring, refuse
σκύβαλον
dung, filth, refuse
συρφετός
anything swept together, sweepings, refuse, rubbish, litter
φορειά
filth, refuse
ἀπεῖπον
to speak out, tell out, declare (Hom.), deny, refuse, forbid
ἀπολέγω
to pick out from; to decline, refuse
ἀπόψημα
wipings, refuse
ἐξόμνυμι
to swear in excuse; deny, refuse on oath
nego
to say no, deny, refuse
recuso
to make an objection against, decline, reject, refuse, be reluctant to do
abnuo
to refuse by a sign, deny, refuse, reject, decline
denego
to reject, refuse, deny
detrecto
to decline, refuse, reject, shirk
to refuse, deny (poet.)
dedignor
to reject as unworthy, disdain, scorn, refuse
eiectamentum
refuse, jetsam
oesypum
the refuse of wool, wool-washings (a cosmetic)
subnego
to deny in a measure, partly refuse
tergiversor
to turn the back, decline, refuse, make difficulties, boggle, shuffle, evade, shift,...
to say no, deny, refuse
recuso
to make an objection against, decline, reject, refuse, be reluctant to do
abnuo
to refuse by a sign, deny, refuse, reject, decline
denego
to reject, refuse, deny
detrecto
to decline, refuse, reject, shirk
appearing fewer than 50 times
abnegoto refuse, deny (poet.)
dedignor
to reject as unworthy, disdain, scorn, refuse
eiectamentum
refuse, jetsam
oesypum
the refuse of wool, wool-washings (a cosmetic)
subnego
to deny in a measure, partly refuse
tergiversor
to turn the back, decline, refuse, make difficulties, boggle, shuffle, evade, shift,...