In Latin speech, negō > nōn dīcō. That is, the phrase ‘I deny’ is everywhere preferable to the phrase ‘I do not say’ or ‘I say that…not.’
- I say these things are untrue:
dīcō haec nōn esse vēra— negō haec esse vēra. - The Stoics claim that nothing is good but what is right:
Stōcī dīcunt quidquam nōn esse bonum nisi honestum sit. — Stōicī negant quidquam esse bonum nisi quod honestum sit.
The Essential AG: 328, 580b
