nec

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See also: NEC, néč, nęć, -nec, and n.e.c.

Arapaho

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Noun

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nec

  1. water

Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin necō. Compare Daco-Romanian îneca, înec.

Verb

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nec first-singular present indicative (past participle nicatã or nãcate)

  1. to kill
  2. to drown

Synonyms

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Interlingua

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin nec (and not).

Adverb

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nec

  1. And not.
    Io non sape, nec vole sapere.I don't know, and I don't want to know.
  2. Neither, nor.
    Illo nec me place nec displace.It neither pleases me nor displeases me.
  3. And, or (following a "with no" or "without").
    Nos debe resister sin aqua nec alimento.We must resist with no water or food.

Latin

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Etymology

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Apocopated form of neque.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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nec (not comparable)

  1. 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; []
  2. and not, not
  3. neither
  4. not even

Synonyms

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Conjunction

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nec

  1. nor
  2. and not
  3. not either
  4. not even

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Asturian: nin
  • Catalan: ni
  • Dalmatian: ne
  • Esperanto: nek
  • Fala: nin
  • French: ni
  • Galician: nin
  • Italian:
  • Lombard: gna
  • Middle French: ny
  • Old French: ne
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: nen
  • Portuguese: nem
  • Sicilian: ne
  • Spanish: ni

References

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  • 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?
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Megleno-Romanian

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Etymology

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From Latin necō. Compare Romanian îneca.

Verb

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nec

  1. I kill.
  2. I drown.

Synonyms

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Middle English

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Noun

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nec

  1. Alternative form of nekke