nolo

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

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.

• nolosti
• nolostua
• nolostuttaa

• olon

From the earlier form naulo, from Late Latin naulum (“fare”), from Ancient Greek ναῦλον (naûlon, “a passenger's fee”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”).

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

nolo m (plural noli)

1. hire, hiring, renting

   Synonym: noleggio

   prendere a nolo ― to rent; to hire

2. hire, rental, freight

• noleggiare

From ne "that not" + volo "I want".

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnoː.loː/, [ˈnoː.ɫoː]

nōlō (present infinitive nōlle, perfect active nōluī); irregular conjugation, irregular, 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 I must not do (loosely, 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.

• 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 undo the negation.

• 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

• 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette