necne
Latin
Alternative forms
- necnec (Late Latin, proscribed)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɛk.nɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɛk.ne]
Conjunction
necne
- or not
- (with negative, usually following utrum) whether
- Nihil interest valeam necne. ― It matters not whether I am well or not.
References
- “necne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “necne”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "necne", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- necne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.