Definition of nec, neque
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The adverb nec is reported to have 3 error(s). Please be cautious when citing this word.
Orthography ID = 1010420
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LEM
nec
(neque)
1 ne
adverb
  1. and not, also not, nor
  2. [neque...neque] neither.. nor
  3. [nec...nec] neither.. nor
Abbreviations
nec or neque (in nec the negation is more prominent, in neque the connective), adv. and conj. 1 ne+que. I. Without a correl. particle, and not, also not, nor: quia non viderunt, nec sciunt: delubra esse in urbibus censeo, nec sequor magos, etc.

—Negativing a single word: illa se negat, Neque eum aequom ait facere, T.: Et vidi et perii, nec notis ignibus arsi, O.: nec dubie ludibrio esse miserias suas, L.: nec idcirco minus: neque eo minus, L.: neque eo secius, N.

—With adversative particles, nor yet, nor however, and yet not, but yet not: castra propere movit . . . Neque tamen Antonius procul aberat, S.: nec despero tamen: neque vero multum interest.

—With enim, for . . . not, and in fact . . . not, and yet . . . not: neque enim erat cuiquam dubium: nec enim' licebat: Dixerat haec Tellus, neque enim tolerare potuit, etc., O.

—With non (sometimes written necnon), introducing an emphatic affirmation, and assuredly, and certainly, and besides, and indeed: neque haec tu non intellegis: Tunc mihi praecipue, nec non tamen ante, placebas, O.: neque non me tamen mordet aliquid.

—Poet., as a mere connective, also, besides, as well, too: Nec non et gemini custodes Praecedunt, V.

—With dum (sometimes written necdum), and not yet, nor yet: si scis, neque dum Romā es profectus, scribas, etc.: necdum tamen ego Quintum conveneram.

— Introducing a negative clause of purpose, result, or command, and . . . not: recordare enim . . . nec hoc pertimueris: profanum esto, neque scelus esto, L.: Transque caput iace, nec respexeris, V.: (diem) lucro Appone, nec dulcīs amores Sperne, H.: date munera templis, Nec timidā gaudete fide, O.: Nec tu mensarum morsūs horresce, V.: nec tempora perde precando, O.: nunc ut ea praetermittam, neque eos appellem, etc.: ut secundae classis vocarentur, nec umquam descenderent, L.: orare coepit, ne enuntiaret nec se proderet, N.: conspirasse, ne manūs ad os cibum ferrent, nec os acciperet datum, L.

—Praegn., and not even, not even, and . . . too: cum praesertim nec nos temperemus imperiis, L.: ne quid praeter sonum linguae, nec eum incorruptum, retinerent, L.: equi non velocitate conspicui

— sed nec docentur, etc., T.

—Without connective force, not: magistratus nec oboedientem civem coerceto: alter, qui nec procul aberat, L.

—II. With a correlative particle.

—With neque or nec, neither . . . nor: nam certe neque tum peccavi, cum . . . neque cum, etc.: mors nec ad vivos pertineat nec ad mortuos: haec si neque ego neque tu fecimus, T.: Sed nec Brutus erit, Bruti nec avunculus usquam, Iu.: nemo umquam neque poeta neque orator fuit, qui, etc.

—Followed by et or -que in an affirmative clause, on the one hand not . . . and on the other hand

— not only not . . . but also: id neque amoris mediocris et ingeni summi iudico: ut neque vestitūs praeter pellīs haberent quicquam, et lavarentur in fluminibus, Cs.: ut neque bonus quisquam intereat, paucorumque poenā vos salvi esse possitis.

—Preceded by et in an affirmative clause, on the one hand . . . on the other not, not only . . . but also not: ego vero et exspectabo ea quae polliceris neque exigam nisi tuo commodo: patebat via et certa neque longa.
 
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