necne

Latin

Etymology

nec +‎ -ne

Pronunciation

Conjunction

necne

  1. or not
  2. (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.
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