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Latin
Etymology
ne- + dum
Pronunciation
Conjunction
nēdum
- by no means, much less, not to speak of
- not to say, much more
- let alone
aegre inermem tantam multitudinem, nedum armatam, sustineri posse- we could hardly resist an unarmed crowd, let alone an armed one
References
- “nedum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nedum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nedum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.