nolle

to not want

Usages of nolle

• Magistra dicit: "Nolite clamare, sed tacete et silentium amate!": The (female) teacher says: "Do not shout, but be silent and love the silence!"
• Mater addit: "Noli mendacium dicere, sed veritatem iterum dic.": Mother adds: "Do not tell a lie, but tell the truth again."
• Mater autem dicit: "Noli ianuam claudere, quia hospes intus manet.": Mother, however, says: "Do not close the door, because the guest is staying inside."
• Magister discipulos vocat: "Nolite timere, pueri, et venite huc.": The teacher calls the students: "Do not be afraid, children, and come here."
• Noli foris exire, quia nox obscura est.: Do not go outside, because the night is dark.
• Noli canem laedere.: Do not hurt the dog.
• Iudex mercatori dicit: “Noli mendacium dicere; veritatem dic.”: The judge says to the merchant: “Do not tell a lie; tell the truth.”
• In arena frigida sedere nolo, sed in umbra prope litus libenter maneo.: I do not want to sit on cold sand, but I gladly stay in the shade near the shore.
• Si ad angulum venis, noli statim vertere, sed per viam rectam ambula.: If you come to the corner, do not turn at once, but walk along the straight road.
• Alter puer dicit se e somno surgere nolle, quia somnus adhuc dulcis sit.: Another boy says that he does not want to rise from sleep, because sleep is still sweet.
• Nolite in via morari; pluvia enim mox cadet.: Do not delay in the street; for rain will soon fall.
• Noli extra domum morari; mater te vocat.: Do not linger outside the house; mother is calling you.
• Noli in foro morari, quia mater domum redire vult.: Do not linger in the forum, because mother wants to return home.
• Legatus respondet se mandatum imperatoris cum fide ferre et veritatem celare nolle.: The envoy answers that he is carrying the emperor’s command faithfully and does not want to hide the truth.
• Ego te precor: noli ante ianuam tam diu morari.: I beg you: do not linger so long before the door.
• Puella strigili utitur, sed mater dicit se in frigidarium statim intrare nolle.: The girl uses the scraper, but mother says that she does not want to enter the cold room at once.
• Si amica tua lacrimat et suspirat, noli statim discedere, sed apud eam mane.: If your friend is crying and sighing, do not leave at once, but stay with her.
• “Nolite timere,” inquit mater, “nam hospitium non longe abest.”: “Do not be afraid,” says mother, “for lodging is not far away.”
• Senator statuit se de novo magistratu tacere nolle; itaque sententiam suam in curia clare profert.: The senator decides that he does not want to keep silent about the new magistrate; and so he states his opinion clearly in the senate-house.

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