neque
Latin
Alternative forms
- nec (see there for further descendants)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *nekʷe (“and not, neither, nor”), from *né (“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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɛ.kʷɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɛː.kʷe]
Adverb
neque (not comparable)
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
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.30:
- neque se in occultum abdiderat et conspectum multitudinis fugerat
- And neither had concealed himself nor shunned the eyes of the people
- neque se in occultum abdiderat et conspectum multitudinis fugerat
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[1], 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)
- I am losing my eyesight and getting deaf: neque auribus neque oculis satis consto