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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *nekʷe (“and not, neither, nor”), from *ne (“not”) + *-kʷe (“and”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *nekʷe, whence Irish nach; Proto-Germanic *nehw, whence Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌷 (nih). Equivalent to Old Latin ne (“not”) + -que (“and”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
neque (not comparable)
- not
Usage notes
- In Old Latin, the nec form often appeared where one might expect nōn. Classical use confined it to certain formulae, as nec opināns, nec procul abesse, nec mancipī and others.
Conjunction
neque
- and not, also not
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.380:
- “Neque tē teneō, neque dicta refellō.”
- “I neither detain you, nor refute have said.”
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “neque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “neque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- neque in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I am losing my eyesight and getting deaf: neque auribus neque oculis satis consto
- there is nothing strange in that: neque id mirum est or videri debet
- and rightly too: neque immerito (iniuria)
- and rightly too: neque id immerito (iniuria)