Classical Nahuatl

Proper noun

necoc yāōtl

1. "The enemy on both sides"; an epithet of Tezcatlipoca.
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 1

     tetzalã, tenepantla motecaia: ipampa y, mjtoaia necoc iautl

     (He brought discord among people, wherefore he was called "the enemy on both sides.")

References

• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Florentine Codex, Book 1 - The Gods, trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 5