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pernego

pernego, to deny stoutly

per-nĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
  • To deny altogether; to deny steadily, stoutly, or flatly: Negas? Ly. Pernego immo, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 34 (764): pernegabo atque obdurabo, id. As. 2, 2, 56 (312): saepe appellati, pernegaverunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 106: pyxidem traditam pernegaret, id. Cael. 27, 65; Tib. 1, 6, 8.—
  • II To refuse or decline altogether (post-Aug.): Catoni populus Romanus praeturam negavit, consulatum pernegavit, Sen. Ben. 5, 17, 2; Mart. 4, 82, 5.

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