nec
Translingual
Symbol
nec
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Nedebang terms
Arapaho
Noun
nec
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin necō. Compare Daco-Romanian îneca, înec.
Verb
nec first-singular present indicative (past participle nicatã or nãcate)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- nicare / nicari
- nicat
- nãcari
- nãcat
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.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɛk]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɛk]
Adverb
nec (not comparable)
- 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 [Sun] as yet provided light to the world, nor did Phoebe [the Moon] repair new horns in waxing, nor did the Earth hang in the surrounding air, balanced by its own weights, nor had Amphitrite [the sea] stretched her arms down the far borders of the lands; […]
- Nūllus adhūc mundō praebēbat lūmina Tītān,
- and not, not
- neither
- not even
Synonyms
- (not even): nē quidem
Conjunction
nec
Synonyms
- (not even): nē quidem
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- 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[1], 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
- 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
Synonyms
Related terms
- nicari
Middle English
Noun
nec
- alternative form of nekke