nec

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See also: NEC, néč, nęć, -nec, and n.e.c.

Arapaho

Noun

nec

  1. water

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin necō. Compare Daco-Romanian îneca, înec.

Verb

nec first-singular present indicative (past participle nicatã or nãcate)

  1. to kill
  2. to drown

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Interlingua

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin nec (and not).

Adverb

nec

  1. And not.
    Io non sape, nec vole sapere.I don't know, and I don't want to know.
  2. Neither, nor.
    Illo nec me place nec displace.It neither pleases me nor displeases me.
  3. And, or (following a "with no" or "without").
    Nos debe resister sin aqua nec alimento.We must resist with no water or food.

Latin

Etymology

Apocopated form of neque.

Pronunciation

Adverb

nec (not comparable)

  1. nor
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.10–14:
      Nūllus adhūc mundō praebēbat lūmina Tītān,
      nec nova crēscendō reparābat cornua Phoebē,
      nec circumfūsō pendēbat in āere tellūs
      ponderibus lībrāta suīs, nec bracchia longō
      margine terrārum porrēxerat Amphītrītē;
      No Titan as yet provided light to the world, nor did Phoebe repair new horns in waxing, nor did the Earth hang in the surrounding air, balanced by its own weights, nor had Amphitrite stretched her arms down the far borders of the lands;
  2. and not, not
  3. neither
  4. not even

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Conjunction

nec

  1. nor
  2. and not
  3. not either
  4. not even

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Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian:
    • Neapolitan:
    • Sicilian:
  • Padanian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: ni
    • Old French: ne
      • Middle French: ny
        • French: ni
  • Ibero-Romance
  • Esperanto: nek

References

  • nec”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nec”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nec in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a thing has happened contrary to my expectation: aliquid mihi nec opinanti, insperanti accidit
    • no wonder: nec mirum, minime mirum (id quidem), quid mirum?
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin necō. Compare Romanian îneca.

Verb

nec

  1. I kill.
  2. I drown.

Synonyms

Middle English

Noun

nec

  1. Alternative form of nekke