1581. (1.) In prohibitions with the second person, the imperative with
#nē# is used in old Latin, and with #nēve# as a connective, rarely
#neque#: as,
#nē flē#, Pl. _Cap._ 139, _weep not_. #nē saevī tantō opere#, T. _Andr._
868, _be not thus wroth_. Sometimes in classical poetry also, in
imitation of old style: as, #nē saevī, magna sacerdōs#, V. 6, 544, _rave
not, thou priestess grand_. Once in Livy: #nē timēte#, 3, 2, 9, _be not
afraid_.
1582. From Ovid on, #nōn# is used a few times for #nē#: as, #nōn cārīs
aurēs onerāte lapillīs#, O. _AA._ 3, 129, _load not with precious stones
your ears_.
1583. (2.) Prohibitions in the second person are usually expressed by
#nōlī# or #nōlīte# with the infinitive, particularly in classical prose:
as,
#obiūrgāre nōlī#, _Att._ 3, 11, 2, _don’t scold_. #nōlīte id velle quod
fierī nōn potest#, _Ph._ 7, 25, _don’t yearn after the unattainable_.
1584. In poetry, equivalents for #nōlī# are sometimes used with the
infinitive, such as #fuge#, #parce# or #comperce#, #conpesce#, #mitte#
or #omitte#, #absiste#: as, #quid sit futūrum crās, fuge quaerere#, H.
1, 9, 13, _what fate the morrow brings, forbear to ask_. Livy has once
#parce#, 34, 32, 20.
1585. (3.) A prohibition in the second person is often expressed by the
subjunctive accompanying #cavē̆#, #fac nē#, #vidē nē#, #vidētō nē#,
#cūrā nē#, #cūrātō nē#, or #nōlim#, and in old Latin #cavē̆ nē#: as,
#cavē festīnēs#, _Fam._ 16, 12, 6, _don’t be in a hurry_. #cavētō nē
suscēnseās#, Pl. _As._ 372, _see that thou beest not wroth_. #hoc nōlim
mē iocārī putēs#, _Fam._ 9, 15, 4, _I should hate to have you think I am
saying this in fun_. For prohibitions in the second person with #nē# and
the present or perfect subjunctive, see 1551. For the subjunctive
coordinated with #cavē̆#, see 1711.
1586. In law language, prohibitions are expressed by the third person of
the imperative with #nē#, and with #nēve# as a connective: as,
#hominem mortuom in urbe nē sepelītō nēve ūritō#, Twelve Tables in
_Leg._ 2, 58, _he shall not bury nor yet shall he burn a dead man in
town_. #mulierēs genās nē rāduntō nēve lessum fūneris ergō habentō#,
Twelve Tables in _Leg._ 2, 59, _women shall not tear their cheeks nor
shall they keen in lamentation for the dead_ (1257). Likewise with
#nēmō#: as, #nēminī pārentō#, Twelve Tables in _Leg._ 3, 8, _they shall
not be subject to anybody_. See also 1548.