neque

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Latin ne (“not”) + -que (“and”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈne.kʷe/, [ˈnɛ.kᶣɛ]
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Adverb

neque (not comparable)

  1. not

Usage notes
  • In Old Latin it many times stood for non frequently in its form nec. Classical use confined it to certain formulae, as nec opinans, nec procul abesse, nec mancipi and others.

Conjunction

neque

  1. and not, also not

neque ... neque

  1. neither ... nor

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, 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)
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