nonne Other

Translations

(assumes a affirmative answer when proceeding a question)
  1. surely
  1. no?
  2. not?
  3. not? (interog
  4. expects the answer "Yes")
  5. surely? (expecting answer to be "Yes")
(assumes a affirmative answer when proceeding a question)
  1. surely
  1. indicates a yes/no question where the expected answer is "yes"

Example Sentences

Publius Ovidius Naso

Pallada nonne vides iaculatricemque Dianam abscessisse mihi?

~ Ovid, Metamorphoses V
Gaius Julius Caesar

Tu contra et patris nobilitate et dignitate et per te ipse satis animi magnitudine diligentiaque praeditus nonne eniteris et proficisceris ad paternas clientelas auxilium tibi reique publicae atque optimo cuique efflagitatum?'

~ Caesar, Incerti Avctoris De Bello Africo Liber
Quintus Horatius Flaccus

nonne, cupidinibus statuat natura modum quem, quid latura sibi, quid sit dolitura negatum, quaerere plus prodest et in

~ Horace, Sermonum Liber I
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Rosci velut cumulus accedat, nonne cum multa indigna tum vel hoc indignissimum est vos idoneos habitos, per quorum sententias iusque iurandum id adse

~ Cicero, Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino

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