nec
See also: NEC, néč, nęć, -nec, and n.e.c.
Arapaho
Noun
nec
- water
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- necu
Etymology
From Latin necō. Compare Daco-Romanian îneca, înec.
Verb
nec (past participle nicatã or nãcate)
- I kill.
- I drown.
Synonyms
- (kill): vatãm, tsid
Derived terms
- nicare / nicari
- nicat
- nãcari
- nãcat
Interlingua
Alternative forms
- ni
Etymology
From Latin nec (“and not”).
Adverb
nec
- And not.
- Io non sape, nec vole sapere. ― I don't know, and I don't want to know.
- Neither, nor.
- Illo nec me place nec displace. ― It neither pleases me nor displeases me.
- And, or (following a "with no" or "without").
- Nos debe resister sin aqua nec alimento. ― We must resist with no water or food.
Latin
Etymology
Apocopated form of neque.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /nek/, [nɛk]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nek/, [nɛk]
Adverb
nec (not comparable)
- nor
- and not, not
- neither
- not even
Synonyms
- (not even): nē quidem
Conjunction
nec
- nor
- and not
- not either
- not even
Synonyms
- (not even): nē quidem
Derived terms
- nec ... nec (“neither ... nor”)
- nec nōn (“and also, not to mention”)
- nec ūnus (“not even one”)
Descendants
- Asturian: nin
- Catalan: ni
- Dalmatian: ne
- Esperanto: nek
- Fala: nin
- French: ni
- Galician: nin
- Italian: né
- Lombard: gna
- Middle French: ny
- Old French: ne
- Old Portuguese: nen
- Portuguese: nem
- Sicilian: ne
- Spanish: ni
References
- “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, 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?
- a thing has happened contrary to my expectation: aliquid mihi nec opinanti, insperanti accidit
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Megleno-Romanian
Etymology
From Latin necō.
Verb
nec
- I kill.
Synonyms
- vatăm
Middle English
Noun
nec
- Alternative form of nekke