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nec
nec
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- necu
Verb
nec (past participle nicatã)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- nicare/nicari
- nicat
Interlingua
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adverb
nec
- And not.
- Io non sape, nec vole sapere. ― I don't know, and I don't want to know.
- Neither, nor.
- Illo nec me place nec displace. ― It neither pleases me nor displeases me.
- 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.
Adverb
nec (not comparable)
Synonyms
- (not even): nē quidem
Conjunction
nec
Synonyms
- (not even): nē quidem
Derived terms
- nec...nec (neither...nor)
Descendants
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nec”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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?
- a thing has happened contrary to my expectation: aliquid mihi nec opinanti, insperanti accidit
- Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press