haud or haut (in the form hau, before consonants, several times in Plautus acc. to the Cod. Ambros., and in Inscr. Orell. 4848: HEIC. EST. SEPVLCRVM. HAV. PVLCRVM. PVLCRAI. FEMINAE; also Tac. A. 2, 36; 6, 43 (49), Nipperdey, Ritter; hence, also hauscio = haud scio; cf. Ritschl, prol. ad Plaut. Trin. p. 99 sq. and p. 325), adv. [perh. orig. hau = οὐ, v. Ritschl l. l. But cf. Hand, Turs. III. 15.
Acc. to Corss. Ausspr. 1, 205, haud = pronom. stem ho + au (Sanscr. ava, away) + de, as in unde, etc.], a subjective and intensive negative particle,
- I. not at all, by no means; in class. prose most freq. with adverbs; rarely with adjectives, pronouns, or verbs (the last construction in Cic. only in the formulae: haud scio an, and haud dubito; in Caes. it occurs but once; v. also Krebs, Antibarb. p. 516).
- (α) With advv.: hau longe, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 13: hau longe abesse oportet, id. Am. 1, 1, 166: haut sane diu est, it is but a very little while ago, id. Merc. 3, 1, 44: haud sane commodum, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 8: haud sane intellego, quidnam sit, quod laudandum putat, Cic. Off. 2, 2, 5; cf. also: rem haud sane difficilem admirari videmini, id. de Sen. 2, 4: haud sane facile, id. ib. 23, 83: facio quod manifesto moechi haud ferme solent, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 40: haud ferme Ter. And. 3, 1, 2: haud ita jussi, id. ib. 5, 4, 52: haud ita est, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 35; cf.: eia, haud sic decet, id. Eun. 5, 9, 35; id. Ad. 3, 4, 7: haut aliter esse duco, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 2: aliter hau dicetis, id. Most. 1, 2, 15: haud aliter censeo, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 5; cf. also: ac veluti lupus … Haud aliter Rutulo, muros et castra tuenti, Ignescunt irae, Verg. A. 9, 65; v. aliter; and cf. also secus: nam ego hau diu apud hunc servitutem servio, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 17 Ritschl, N. cr.: haud diu est, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 67; cf.: scies hau multo post, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 12; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 39: haud paulo plus, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3: haud minus aegre patior, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 5: haud minus, Liv. 2, 60, 3: Getae praetorii praefecto haud satis fidebant, Tac. A. 11, 33: sed haud facile dixerim, cur, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 3 fin.; so, haud facile, Sall. J. 17, 2; id. C. 13, 5; cf.: eorum animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur, id. ib. 14, 5: haud cito, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 89: haud temere est, quod tu tristi cum corde gubernas, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 329 (Ann. v. 473 Vahl.): haud temere est visum, Verg. A. 9, 375: familiaris accipiere faxo hau familiariter, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 199: haud stulte sapis, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 82: haud commode, id. Hec. 1, 2, 20: consul haud dubie jam victor, Sall. J. 102, 1: Vergilius haud dubie proximus, Quint. 10, 1, 85: dubie: mihi hau saepe eveniunt tales hereditates, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 33: morbus haud saepe quemquam superat, Sall. J. 17, 6: haud cunctanter, Suet. Tit. 6. For the connection with dum and quamquam, v. infra fin.
- (β) With adjj.: id esse hau perlonginquom, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 76: in aetate hau bonum’st, id. Trin. 2, 4, 61: haut doctis dictis certantes, sed male dictis, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 274 Vahl.): ille vir haut magna cum re, id. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 342 ib.): hau mala’st mulier, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 42: conveni hodie hominem haud impurum, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 4: anus haud impura, id. Heaut. 4, 1, 16: servum haud illiberalem praebes te, id. Ad. 5, 5, 5: haud mediocris vir, Cic. Rep. 2, 31: haut consimili ingenio, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 50: compendium haut aetati optabile, id. ib. 1, 2, 51: hau permultum attulit, id. ib. 2, 3, 86: haud mirabile est, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 8: bene dicere haut absurdum est, Sall. C. 3, 1; cf.: ingenium ejus haut absurdum, id. ib. 25, 5: haud ignotae belli artes, Liv. 21, 1, 2: annus haud dubiis consulibus, id. 4, 8; v. dubius and dubium: certe extrema linea Amare haud nihil est, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 13.
- (γ) With pronn.: haut quisquam quaeret, qui siem, no one certainly, Plaut. Am. prol. 130: eum salutat magis haut quiquam quam canem, id. ib. 2, 2, 48; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 25; cf.: faxo haut quicquam sit morae, id. Am. 3, 3, 17; Ter. And. 2, 1, 36: hic se ipsus fallit, haud ego, id. ib. 3, 2, 15; cf.: haud pol me quidem, id. Hec. 2, 3, 5.
- (δ) With verbs: Ni. Etiam dimidium censes (eum attulisse)? Ch. Non edepol scio: Verum haut opinor, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 88: hauscio, quid eo opus sit, id. ib. 5, 2, 15: hau nosco tuum, id. Trin. 2, 4, 44: ne ego cum illo pignus haut ausim dare, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 133: quod dixi semel, hau mutabo, id. ib. 5, 2, 85; cf.: haud muto factum, Ter. And. 1, 1, 13: hau moror, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 30: philosophari est mihi necesse; nam omnino haut placet, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 1 (cf. id. de Or. 2, 38, 156; id. Rep. 1, 18; Gell. 5, 15 fin.; Trag. v. 417 Vahl.): pol me hau paenitet, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 72: facit ille, quod vulgo hau solent, id. ib. 1, 1, 30: ego faxo hau dicet nactam, quem deluserit, id. Bacch. 3, 4, 7; 4, 8, 23: nae ille haud scit, quam, etc., Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 10; cf. id. ib. 4, 4, 25: tum ille haud dubitavit, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 15: quod somno supererit, haud deerit, Quint. 10, 3, 26: haud erit, ut merito immortalis possit haberi, it cannot be, Lucr. 3, 715; v. sum: quem (Drusum) haud fratris interitu trucem quam remoto aemulo aequiorem sibi sperabat, not so much … as, Tac. A. 3, 8.
For the phrase haud scio an (in Plautus hauscio an), see an; cf. also, haud scio, -ne: idque adeo haud scio, mirandumne sit, etc., * Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 5: Am. Exspectatusne advenio? So. Hau vidi magis exspectatum, I never saw any one welcomer, ironically, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 47; so, hau vidi magis, id. Capt. 3, 4, 29; id. Poen. 1, 1, 13.
Pleonastic with another negative: neque ego haut committam, ut, si peccatum siet, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 114: neque ille haud obiciet mihi, Pedibus sese provocatum, id. Ep. 5, 1, 57: post si quis vellet te, haut nevelles dividi? id. Aul. 2, 4, 7.
Ellipt.: Al. Quid istuc est, mi vir, negoti, quod tu tam subito domo Abeas? Ju. Edepol haut quod tui me neque domi distaedeat, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 5.
Hence,
- II. Esp., joined with dum and quaquam.
- A. haud dum, or, as one word, haud-dum, an intensive nondum, not at all as yet, not yet (very rare): concilione … Pro Superi! Ausonius miles sedet? armaque tantum Hauddum sumpta viro? Sil. 2, 332; Liv. 2, 52; 10, 6; 25; 22, 12; 28, 2; 33, 11 al.
- B. haud quāquam, or, as one word, haudquāquam, by no means whatever, not at all (class.): haudquaquam quemquam semper Fortuna secuta est, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 299 Vahl.): haudquaquam etiam cessant, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 1: haudquaquam id est difficile Crasso, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 143: haudquaquam hercle mirandum est esse, etc., id. ib. 3, 22, 82: haudquaquam boni est, ratione vinctum velle dissolvere, id. Univ. 11: homo prudens et gravis, haudquaquam eloquens, id. de Or. 1, 9, 38: accedat huc suavitas quaedam oportet sermonum atque morum haudquaquam mediocre condimentum amicitiae, id. Lael. 18, 66: haudquaquam par gloria, Sall. C. 3, 2: haudquaquam certamine ambiguo, Liv. 7, 26, 8: tibi has, miserabilis Orpheus Haudquaquam ob meritum, poenas, ni Fata resistant, Suscitat, Verg. G. 4, 455: haudquaquam dictis violentia Turni flectitur, id. A. 12, 45 al.