necne
Latin
Etymology
nec + -ne
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnek.ne/, [ˈnɛknɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnek.ne/, [ˈnɛkne]
Conjunction
necne
- or not
- (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