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Lemma 1neque
conjunction
nor [neque..neque=>neither..nor; neque solum..sed etiam=>not only..but also]
Morphology1 analysis
inv.neque · regular
Lewis & Short
key · neque
nĕ-que,
I.The true distinction is, that in the form nec the negation is more prominent; in the form neque, the connective force of the particle; Hand, Turs. 4, p. 94 , and [ne-que], not; and not, also not.
II., like ne, in Latinity ( ne, I.) as a general negative particle, = non, not (usually in the form nec. In this usage seems to be confined to certain formulae, as nec opinans, nec procul abesse, nec mancipi, ; ): nec conjunctionem grammatici fere dicunt esse disjunctivam, ut: nec legit, nec scribit: cum si diligentius inspiciatur, ut fecit Sinnius Capito, intellegi possit, eam positam esse ab antiquis pro non, ut et in XII. est: AST EI CVSTOS NEC ESCIT, Paul. ex Müll. — Form neque: si quid tibi in illisce suovitaurilibus lactentibus neque satisfactum est, , an old formula of prayer in: neque opinantes insidiatores.
III., in all periods and kinds of composition.
A., = et non, and not, also not.
1.Alone.
(a).When the negative applies to the principal verb of the clause: multumque laborat, Nec respirandi fit copia, Enn. (Ann. 437 Vahl.).
(b).Less when the negative applies to some other word; in the phrases nec idcirco minus, nec eo minus, nec eo secius, neque eo magis.
2.So, nec ullus, nec quisquam, for et nullus, et nemo,
3.With vero, enim, autem, tamen: nec enim respexit,
B.
1.Nec = ne. quidem, not even in Liv. and later writers.
2.Nec = etiam non ( in Quint.).
3.Neque (nec). neque (nec), neither. nor: quae neque Dardaniis campis potuere perire, Nec cum capta capi, nec cum combusta cremari, Enn. (Ann. 360 Vahl.): neque ego neque Caesar, Brut. — The second nec is rarely placed after a word in the clause (). — With a preceding negative, which, however, does not destroy the negation contained in neque. neque.
4.Neque (nec). et (que), and et. neque (nec), when one clause is affirmative, on the one hand not. and on the other hand; not only not. but also; or the contrary, on the one hand. and on the other hand not; not only. but also not.
a.Neque (nec). et (que).
b.Et. neque (nec).
5.Neque (nec) non (also in one word, necnon), emphatically affirmative, and also, and besides, and indeed, and: neque tamen illa non ornant, habiti honores,
b.In Varro and after the per., nec non (or as one word, necnon) as a simple conjunction = et, and, and likewise, and so too, and also.
6.Neque (nec) dum (also in one word, necdum), and not yet, not yet, 33. — Strengthened by tamen.
7.Nec. quidem; quidem.
C.Neque = et ne or neve.
1.Expressing negative purpose.
(a).After ut ()
(b).After ne (not )
2.In a prohibition (rare).
D.In contrasts, but not, not however ().
Lemma 2ne
conjunction
that not, lest; (for negative of IMP)
Morphology1 analysis
inv.ne · regular
Lewis & Short
key · ne
nē,
I.the foll., and , the primitive Latin negative particle, no, not; whereas the negative particle non is a derivative ( non ) [prob. of pronominal origin; the Anglo-Saxon na and ne ( no), whence naht ( not) is derived.
II., with a single word of a proposition (in early Latin): NE MINVS TRINVM NOVNDINVM, not less than, , S. C. de Bacch.; with DVM NE MINVS SENATORIBVS C. ADESENT, twice in the same S. C. So too: (Sententia de finibus inter Genuates et Viturios regundis lata A. U. C. 637). So, ne minores (verres) quam semestres. In the time of Plautus the usage was unsettled, non and ne being used indifferently for simple negation; Lorenz ad; Brix ad.
2.To this is allied the adverbial use of ne in all periods of the language.
a.Ne. quidem, applies the negation with emphasis to the word between them, not even, 42, 16; but when ne. quidem precedes, the negative of the principal verb is omitted: ne quidem (with no intervening word), not even (late ), Gai.
b.In composition, to make an absolute negation of the principal idea. So in neque and nequiquam; also in nescio and nevolo; and in nefas, nefandus, nepus (for non purus), nequeo, neuter, neutiquam; in nemo, nego, nihil, nullus, numquam, and nusquam; and, lastly, with a paragogic c before o: necopinans and neglego; negotium ( nec-lego; nec-otium).
B.With a proposition (in all periods of the language, and exclusively)
1.In imperative sentences, to signify that something must not be done.
(a).With : SI HOMINEM FVLMEN IOVIS OCCISIT, NE SVPRA GENVA TOLLITOR, let him not be raised, Leg. Reg.: HOMINEM MORTVVM IN VRBE NE SEPELITO NEVE VRITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ; MVLIERES GENAS NE RADVNTO NEVE LESSVM FVNERIS ERGO HABENTO, : SI NOLET, ARCERAM NE STERNITO, let him not spread, he need not spread, ( )
(b).With
2.In wishes and asseverations: ne id Juppiter Opt. Max. sineret, , might Jupiter forbid it! — With utinam: utinam ne in nemore Pelio securibus Caesa accedisset abiegna ad terram trabes, would that not, Enn. (Trag. 280 Vahl.): utinam ne umquam, Mede Colchis cupido corde pedem extulisses, Enn (Trag. 311 ); utinam. — With si.
3.In concessive and restrictive clauses (conceived as softened commands; II. ).
(a).In concessions, nemo is, inquies, umquam fuit. Ne fuerit.
(b).In restrictive clauses. So, dum ne, dummodo ne, modo ne, and dum quidem ne; dum and modo: me vero nihil istorum ne juvenem quidem movit umquam: ne nunc senem, much less now I am old = nedum; scuta si homines inviti dant, etsi ad salutem communem dari sentiunt: ne quem putetis sine maximo dolore argentum caelatum domo protulisse, much less can you suppose,
4.In clauses which denote a purpose or result.
a.Ut ne, that not, lest, so that not (very rare after the August. period; in Livy only in a few doubtful passages; in Cæsar, Seneca, and Tacitus not at all; under II.): quos ego ope meā Pro incertis certos. Dimitto, ut ne res temere tractent turbidas, Enn. (Trag 189 Vahl.): vestem ut ne inquinet. pergunt turbare usque, ut ne quid possit conquiescere.
b.Ut. ne separated.
c.Qui ne, quo ne, and quomodo ne (ante- and for ut ne): quaeritis maximis sumptibus faciendis, quomodo ne tributa conferatis,
III.In the several uses of the ne, described above, the transition to its use to connect clauses is clearly seen ( I. B. 3. and 4.). In intentional clauses, and after verbs of fearing and avoiding, ne becomes a conjunction.
A.In intentional clauses for ut ne, that not, lest: nolite, hospites, ad me adire: ilico isti! Ne contagio mea bonis umbrave obsit, approach me not; let not my presence harm you, lest my presence should harm you, Enn. (Trag. 405 Vahl.). — after verbs expressing forethought, care,
B.After verbs signifying to fear, frighten, ( metuo, timeo, vereor, horreo, paveo, terreo, conterreo; also, timor est, metus est, spes est, periculum est), to express the wish that something may not take place; represented in English by that (because in English the particle depends on the idea of fearing, not of wishing)
b.When the dependent clause is negative, with non or nihil, that not.
c.With the negative before the verb.
C.After verbs signifying to avoid, warn, hinder, forbid, refuse (caveo, impedio, resisto, interdico, refuto, rarely veto), instead of the simple object, that not, lest.
-nĕ
I.interrog. and enclit. [weakened from nē]. It simply inquires, without implying either that a negative or an affirmative reply is expected ( num, nonne), and emphasizes the word to which it is joined. In direct questions it is translated by giving an interrogative form to the sentence; in indirect interrogations by whether.
(a).In direct interrogations, with — After an elided s.
(b). with rel. ; ellipt.: quemne ego servavi? do you mean the one whom? : quodne vobis placeat, displiceat mihi? can it be that what pleases? ; Brix ad loc. — with ut and si.
(g).In indirect interrogations, with , whether: Müll.
(d).Sometimes affixed to an interrogative pronoun — -ne is sometimes used for nonne, where an affirmative reply is expected. — Rarely =
b.With an, annon, or anne, in the second interrogation, an. — With necne, neque. — Sometimes pleonastic with utrum, followed by an (mostly anteclass.): Brix ad loc. — Sometimes, in the second interrogation, ne for an (mostly ).
nē,
I.truly, verily, really, indeed (only joined with pers. ego, tu, and with the demonstratives ille, iste, hic, and their advv.; in class, prose usually with a conditional clause).
II.; So, ne tu, : ne ille, Naev. (Trag. Rel. p. 9 40 Rib.)
III.Connected with other affirmative particles, as hercle, edepol, mecastor, medius fidius: ne ille hercle: (729 Ritschl) — Rarely with a poss. All passages in which ne stands in classic prose without a pronoun are probably corrupt.
Lemma 3ne
adverb
that not, lest; (for negative of IMP)
Morphology1 analysis
inv.ne · regular
Lewis & Short
key · ne
nē,
I.the foll., and , the primitive Latin negative particle, no, not; whereas the negative particle non is a derivative ( non ) [prob. of pronominal origin; the Anglo-Saxon na and ne ( no), whence naht ( not) is derived.
II., with a single word of a proposition (in early Latin): NE MINVS TRINVM NOVNDINVM, not less than, , S. C. de Bacch.; with DVM NE MINVS SENATORIBVS C. ADESENT, twice in the same S. C. So too: (Sententia de finibus inter Genuates et Viturios regundis lata A. U. C. 637). So, ne minores (verres) quam semestres. In the time of Plautus the usage was unsettled, non and ne being used indifferently for simple negation; Lorenz ad; Brix ad.
2.To this is allied the adverbial use of ne in all periods of the language.
a.Ne. quidem, applies the negation with emphasis to the word between them, not even, 42, 16; but when ne. quidem precedes, the negative of the principal verb is omitted: ne quidem (with no intervening word), not even (late ), Gai.
b.In composition, to make an absolute negation of the principal idea. So in neque and nequiquam; also in nescio and nevolo; and in nefas, nefandus, nepus (for non purus), nequeo, neuter, neutiquam; in nemo, nego, nihil, nullus, numquam, and nusquam; and, lastly, with a paragogic c before o: necopinans and neglego; negotium ( nec-lego; nec-otium).
B.With a proposition (in all periods of the language, and exclusively)
1.In imperative sentences, to signify that something must not be done.
(a).With : SI HOMINEM FVLMEN IOVIS OCCISIT, NE SVPRA GENVA TOLLITOR, let him not be raised, Leg. Reg.: HOMINEM MORTVVM IN VRBE NE SEPELITO NEVE VRITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ; MVLIERES GENAS NE RADVNTO NEVE LESSVM FVNERIS ERGO HABENTO, : SI NOLET, ARCERAM NE STERNITO, let him not spread, he need not spread, ( )
(b).With
2.In wishes and asseverations: ne id Juppiter Opt. Max. sineret, , might Jupiter forbid it! — With utinam: utinam ne in nemore Pelio securibus Caesa accedisset abiegna ad terram trabes, would that not, Enn. (Trag. 280 Vahl.): utinam ne umquam, Mede Colchis cupido corde pedem extulisses, Enn (Trag. 311 ); utinam. — With si.
3.In concessive and restrictive clauses (conceived as softened commands; II. ).
(a).In concessions, nemo is, inquies, umquam fuit. Ne fuerit.
(b).In restrictive clauses. So, dum ne, dummodo ne, modo ne, and dum quidem ne; dum and modo: me vero nihil istorum ne juvenem quidem movit umquam: ne nunc senem, much less now I am old = nedum; scuta si homines inviti dant, etsi ad salutem communem dari sentiunt: ne quem putetis sine maximo dolore argentum caelatum domo protulisse, much less can you suppose,
4.In clauses which denote a purpose or result.
a.Ut ne, that not, lest, so that not (very rare after the August. period; in Livy only in a few doubtful passages; in Cæsar, Seneca, and Tacitus not at all; under II.): quos ego ope meā Pro incertis certos. Dimitto, ut ne res temere tractent turbidas, Enn. (Trag 189 Vahl.): vestem ut ne inquinet. pergunt turbare usque, ut ne quid possit conquiescere.
b.Ut. ne separated.
c.Qui ne, quo ne, and quomodo ne (ante- and for ut ne): quaeritis maximis sumptibus faciendis, quomodo ne tributa conferatis,
III.In the several uses of the ne, described above, the transition to its use to connect clauses is clearly seen ( I. B. 3. and 4.). In intentional clauses, and after verbs of fearing and avoiding, ne becomes a conjunction.
A.In intentional clauses for ut ne, that not, lest: nolite, hospites, ad me adire: ilico isti! Ne contagio mea bonis umbrave obsit, approach me not; let not my presence harm you, lest my presence should harm you, Enn. (Trag. 405 Vahl.). — after verbs expressing forethought, care,
B.After verbs signifying to fear, frighten, ( metuo, timeo, vereor, horreo, paveo, terreo, conterreo; also, timor est, metus est, spes est, periculum est), to express the wish that something may not take place; represented in English by that (because in English the particle depends on the idea of fearing, not of wishing)
b.When the dependent clause is negative, with non or nihil, that not.
c.With the negative before the verb.
C.After verbs signifying to avoid, warn, hinder, forbid, refuse (caveo, impedio, resisto, interdico, refuto, rarely veto), instead of the simple object, that not, lest.
-nĕ
I.interrog. and enclit. [weakened from nē]. It simply inquires, without implying either that a negative or an affirmative reply is expected ( num, nonne), and emphasizes the word to which it is joined. In direct questions it is translated by giving an interrogative form to the sentence; in indirect interrogations by whether.
(a).In direct interrogations, with — After an elided s.
(b). with rel. ; ellipt.: quemne ego servavi? do you mean the one whom? : quodne vobis placeat, displiceat mihi? can it be that what pleases? ; Brix ad loc. — with ut and si.
(g).In indirect interrogations, with , whether: Müll.
(d).Sometimes affixed to an interrogative pronoun — -ne is sometimes used for nonne, where an affirmative reply is expected. — Rarely =
b.With an, annon, or anne, in the second interrogation, an. — With necne, neque. — Sometimes pleonastic with utrum, followed by an (mostly anteclass.): Brix ad loc. — Sometimes, in the second interrogation, ne for an (mostly ).
nē,
I.truly, verily, really, indeed (only joined with pers. ego, tu, and with the demonstratives ille, iste, hic, and their advv.; in class, prose usually with a conditional clause).
II.; So, ne tu, : ne ille, Naev. (Trag. Rel. p. 9 40 Rib.)
III.Connected with other affirmative particles, as hercle, edepol, mecastor, medius fidius: ne ille hercle: (729 Ritschl) — Rarely with a poss. All passages in which ne stands in classic prose without a pronoun are probably corrupt.
Lemma 4neo, nere, nevi, netus
verb
to spin.
Morphology1 analysis
present imperative active 2nd singularn + e · regular
Lewis & Short
key · neo
nĕo, ēvi, ētum, 2, [root ne-; ; nah = nectere]
I.to spin.
II.
III., to weave; to interlace, entwine.
Nĕo, ōnis,
I.a male proper name.
Lemma 5ne
cd
adv. et conj. de négation // pas même ou non plus / vous non plus ; [dans les conclusions] / « manquer » suppose un sujet sentant ; un mort n'est pas susceptible de sentir / [une négation et ne... quidem venant ensuite, ne se détruisent pas] / [ne... quidem étant le premier, il n'y a pas répétition d'un mot négatif] / [ne forme des composés] ex. / dans les prop. indép. exprimant / [exhortation] / [une supposition, une concession] / [un souhait] / conj. avec le subj., que ne, pour que ne... pas / [sens final] pour que ne... pas, pour éviter, empêcher que / [ne se rattachant à une idée s.-ent.] (je dis ceci) pour éviter que / [ellipse du verbe] / ne seul, même sens / qqf sans verbe [cf. modo ne] / tours elliptiques / grec, il est à craindre que, il se pourrait que / il n'y a pas à craindre que · that not, lest; (for negative of IMP)
Morphology1 analysis
positivene · regular
Lewis & Short
key · ne
nē,
I.the foll., and , the primitive Latin negative particle, no, not; whereas the negative particle non is a derivative ( non ) [prob. of pronominal origin; the Anglo-Saxon na and ne ( no), whence naht ( not) is derived.
II., with a single word of a proposition (in early Latin): NE MINVS TRINVM NOVNDINVM, not less than, , S. C. de Bacch.; with DVM NE MINVS SENATORIBVS C. ADESENT, twice in the same S. C. So too: (Sententia de finibus inter Genuates et Viturios regundis lata A. U. C. 637). So, ne minores (verres) quam semestres. In the time of Plautus the usage was unsettled, non and ne being used indifferently for simple negation; Lorenz ad; Brix ad.
2.To this is allied the adverbial use of ne in all periods of the language.
a.Ne. quidem, applies the negation with emphasis to the word between them, not even, 42, 16; but when ne. quidem precedes, the negative of the principal verb is omitted: ne quidem (with no intervening word), not even (late ), Gai.
b.In composition, to make an absolute negation of the principal idea. So in neque and nequiquam; also in nescio and nevolo; and in nefas, nefandus, nepus (for non purus), nequeo, neuter, neutiquam; in nemo, nego, nihil, nullus, numquam, and nusquam; and, lastly, with a paragogic c before o: necopinans and neglego; negotium ( nec-lego; nec-otium).
B.With a proposition (in all periods of the language, and exclusively)
1.In imperative sentences, to signify that something must not be done.
(a).With : SI HOMINEM FVLMEN IOVIS OCCISIT, NE SVPRA GENVA TOLLITOR, let him not be raised, Leg. Reg.: HOMINEM MORTVVM IN VRBE NE SEPELITO NEVE VRITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ; MVLIERES GENAS NE RADVNTO NEVE LESSVM FVNERIS ERGO HABENTO, : SI NOLET, ARCERAM NE STERNITO, let him not spread, he need not spread, ( )
(b).With
2.In wishes and asseverations: ne id Juppiter Opt. Max. sineret, , might Jupiter forbid it! — With utinam: utinam ne in nemore Pelio securibus Caesa accedisset abiegna ad terram trabes, would that not, Enn. (Trag. 280 Vahl.): utinam ne umquam, Mede Colchis cupido corde pedem extulisses, Enn (Trag. 311 ); utinam. — With si.
3.In concessive and restrictive clauses (conceived as softened commands; II. ).
(a).In concessions, nemo is, inquies, umquam fuit. Ne fuerit.
(b).In restrictive clauses. So, dum ne, dummodo ne, modo ne, and dum quidem ne; dum and modo: me vero nihil istorum ne juvenem quidem movit umquam: ne nunc senem, much less now I am old = nedum; scuta si homines inviti dant, etsi ad salutem communem dari sentiunt: ne quem putetis sine maximo dolore argentum caelatum domo protulisse, much less can you suppose,
4.In clauses which denote a purpose or result.
a.Ut ne, that not, lest, so that not (very rare after the August. period; in Livy only in a few doubtful passages; in Cæsar, Seneca, and Tacitus not at all; under II.): quos ego ope meā Pro incertis certos. Dimitto, ut ne res temere tractent turbidas, Enn. (Trag 189 Vahl.): vestem ut ne inquinet. pergunt turbare usque, ut ne quid possit conquiescere.
b.Ut. ne separated.
c.Qui ne, quo ne, and quomodo ne (ante- and for ut ne): quaeritis maximis sumptibus faciendis, quomodo ne tributa conferatis,
III.In the several uses of the ne, described above, the transition to its use to connect clauses is clearly seen ( I. B. 3. and 4.). In intentional clauses, and after verbs of fearing and avoiding, ne becomes a conjunction.
A.In intentional clauses for ut ne, that not, lest: nolite, hospites, ad me adire: ilico isti! Ne contagio mea bonis umbrave obsit, approach me not; let not my presence harm you, lest my presence should harm you, Enn. (Trag. 405 Vahl.). — after verbs expressing forethought, care,
B.After verbs signifying to fear, frighten, ( metuo, timeo, vereor, horreo, paveo, terreo, conterreo; also, timor est, metus est, spes est, periculum est), to express the wish that something may not take place; represented in English by that (because in English the particle depends on the idea of fearing, not of wishing)
b.When the dependent clause is negative, with non or nihil, that not.
c.With the negative before the verb.
C.After verbs signifying to avoid, warn, hinder, forbid, refuse (caveo, impedio, resisto, interdico, refuto, rarely veto), instead of the simple object, that not, lest.
-nĕ
I.interrog. and enclit. [weakened from nē]. It simply inquires, without implying either that a negative or an affirmative reply is expected ( num, nonne), and emphasizes the word to which it is joined. In direct questions it is translated by giving an interrogative form to the sentence; in indirect interrogations by whether.
(a).In direct interrogations, with — After an elided s.
(b). with rel. ; ellipt.: quemne ego servavi? do you mean the one whom? : quodne vobis placeat, displiceat mihi? can it be that what pleases? ; Brix ad loc. — with ut and si.
(g).In indirect interrogations, with , whether: Müll.
(d).Sometimes affixed to an interrogative pronoun — -ne is sometimes used for nonne, where an affirmative reply is expected. — Rarely =
b.With an, annon, or anne, in the second interrogation, an. — With necne, neque. — Sometimes pleonastic with utrum, followed by an (mostly anteclass.): Brix ad loc. — Sometimes, in the second interrogation, ne for an (mostly ).
nē,
I.truly, verily, really, indeed (only joined with pers. ego, tu, and with the demonstratives ille, iste, hic, and their advv.; in class, prose usually with a conditional clause).
II.; So, ne tu, : ne ille, Naev. (Trag. Rel. p. 9 40 Rib.)
III.Connected with other affirmative particles, as hercle, edepol, mecastor, medius fidius: ne ille hercle: (729 Ritschl) — Rarely with a poss. All passages in which ne stands in classic prose without a pronoun are probably corrupt.
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