neque
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *nekʷe (“and not, neither, nor”), from *ne (“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) IPA(key): /ˈne.kʷe/, [ˈnɛkʷɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈne.kwe/, [ˈnɛːkwe]
Usage notes
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
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)
- I am losing my eyesight and getting deaf: neque auribus neque oculis satis consto
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