Aromanian

Alternative forms

• necu

Verb

nec (past participle nicatã)

1. I kill.
2. I drown.

Synonyms

• (kill): vatãm, tsid

Derived terms

• nicare/nicari
• nicat

Interlingua

Alternative forms

• ni

Etymology

From Latin nec ‎(“and not”).

Adverb

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

Etymology

Apocopated form of neque.

Adverb

nec ‎(not comparable)

1. nor
2. and not, not
3. neither
4. not even

Synonyms

• (not even): nē quidem

Conjunction

nec

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

Synonyms

• (not even): nē quidem

Derived terms

• nec...nec (neither...nor)

Descendants

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nec”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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?
    
• Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press