velim nolim

Present active subjunctive forms of volō (“to want”) and nōlō (“to not want”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛ.lĩː ˈnoː.lĩː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛː.lim ˈnɔː.lim]

velim nōlim

1. whether one wants or not, irrespectively of one's will; willy-nilly
   • c. 37 CE – 41 CE, Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 9.3.8:

     Ille ait: vis est et necessitas, ubi velim nolim succumbendum est mihi.

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   • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 71.11:

     Horologium [opportet] in medio [monimenti mei esse], ut quisquis horas inspiciet, velit nolit, nomen meum legat.

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   • c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 19.117:

     Velint nolint, respondendum est beatam vitam bonum esse, beate vivere bonum non esse.

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   • 4th century, Jerome, Letters 3.Ad Furiam De Viduitate Seruanda.14:

     Velimus, nolimus, senescimus.

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Inflected according to the subject.

• volēns nōlēns