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|lnetxt=neque ADV :: [[nor]]; [[and not]], [[not]], [[neither]]<br />neque neque CONJ :: nor [neque..neque=>neither..nor; neque solum..sed etiam=>not only..but also]
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|lshtext=<b>nĕ-que</b>: or nec (used [[indifferently]] [[before]] [[vowels]] and [[consonants]]. The [[notion]] [[that]] nec in [[class]]. [[prose]] stands [[only]] [[before]] [[consonants]] is [[wholly]] [[unfounded]]. Ap. Cic. in the Rep. [[alone]] we [[find]] nec [[nineteen]] times [[before]] [[vowels]]; viz.: nec accipere, 3, 13, 23: nec alios, 2, 37, 62: nec [[enim]], 1, 24, 38; 6, 25, 27: nec esset, 5, 5, 7: nec ex se, 6, 24, 27:<br /><b>I</b> nec id, 1, 1, 1: nec inportatis, 2, 15, 29: nec in, 6, 23, 25: nec inconstantiam, 3, 11, 18: nec injussu, 6, 15, 15: nec ipsius, 1, 26, 41: nec ipsum, 6, 24, 27: nec ulla, 1, 34, 51: nec ullo, 1, 37, 58: nec una, 2, 1, 2: nec hic, 3, 33, 45: nec hominis, 2, 21, 37: nec hunc, 6, 25, 29. Cf. also [[such]] passages as [[neque]] reliquarum virtutum, nec ipsius rei publicae, Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41: dabo [[tibi]] testes nec [[nimis]] antiquos nec ullo [[modo]] barbaros, id. ib. 1, 37, 58: nec atrocius ... [[neque]] apertius, id. Tull. 1, 2: nec [[homo]] occidi nec [[consulto]], etc., id. ib. 14, 34. The true [[distinction]] is, [[that]] in the form nec the [[negation]] is [[more]] [[prominent]]; in the form [[neque]], the connective [[force]] of the [[particle]]; cf. Hand, Turs. 4, p. 94 sq.), adv. and conj. [ne-que], not; and not, also not.<br /><b>I</b> Adv., [[like]] ne, in [[ante]]-[[class]]. Latinity (v. ne, I.) as a [[general]] [[negative]] [[particle]], = non, not ([[usually]] in the form nec. In [[class]]. Lat. this [[usage]] seems to be confined to [[certain]] formulae, as nec opinans, nec [[procul]] abesse, nec [[mancipi]], etc.;<br /> v. [[infra]]): 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 Fest. p. 162 Müll.: SI INTESTATO MORITVR, CVI SVVS HERES NEC SIT, etc., Lex XII. Tab. (v. App. III. tab. 5): SI AGNATVS NEC ESCIT, etc., ib.: [[magistratus]] nec obedientem civem coërceto, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6: senatori, qui nec aderit, [[culpa]] esto, id. ib. 3, 4, 11: bruti nec [[satis]] [[sardare]] queunt, Naev. 1, 4; 1, 7: tu dis nec recte [[dicis]]: non aequum facis, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11: nec recte, id. As. 1, 3, 3; 2, 4, 65; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; Cat. 30, 4: [[alter]], qui nec [[procul]] aberat, Liv. 1, 25, 10: nec [[ullus]] = [[nullus]]: cui Parcae tribuere nec ullo vulnere laedi, Verg. Cir. 269: [[differentia]] [[mancipi]] rerum et nec [[mancipi]], Gai. Inst. 2, 18 sq. —Form [[neque]]: si [[quid]] [[tibi]] in illisce suovitaurilibus lactentibus [[neque]] satisfactum est, etc., an old [[formula]] of [[prayer]] in [[Cato]], R. R. 141, 4: [[neque]] opinantes insidiatores, Auct. B. Afr. 66; Auct. B. Alex. 75.<br /><b>II</b> Conj., in all periods and kinds of [[composition]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., = et non, and not, also not.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Alone]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When the [[negative]] applies to the [[principal]] [[verb]] of the [[clause]]: multumque laborat, Nec respirandi [[fit]] [[copia]], Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 437 Vahl.): [[illa]] quae aliis sic, aliis [[secus]], nec iisdem [[semper]] uno [[modo]] videntur, ficta esse dicimus, Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47: delubra esse in urbibus [[censeo]], nec [[sequor]] magos Persarum, quibus, etc., id. ib. 2, 10, 26; id. N. D. 1, 29, 81; id. Rep. 2, 1, 2: quae mei testes dicunt, [[quia]] non viderunt nec sciunt, id. Tull. 10, 24: non eros nec dominos appellabant eos ... sed patres et deos. Nec [[sine]] causā. Quid [[enim]]? etc., id. Rep. 1, 41, 64: [[illa]], nec [[invideo]], fruitur meliore [[marito]], Ov. H. 2, 79.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Less freq. [[when]] the [[negative]] applies to [[some]] [[other]] [[word]]: nec inventas illas toto orbe pares [[vires]] gloriatur, Just. 11, 9, 5: et vidi et perii, nec notis ignibus arsi, Ov. H. 12, 33: Anguibus exuitur tenui cum pelle [[vetustas]], Nec faciunt cervos cornua jacta senes ( = et faciunt non senes), id. A. A. 3, 77: [[neque]] eum aequom facere ait, Ter. Phorm, 1, 2, 64: nec [[dubie]] ludibrio esse miserias suas, Liv. 2, 23, 14; 2, 14, 2; esp. in the phrases nec [[idcirco]] [[minus]], nec eo [[minus]], nec eo [[secius]], [[neque]] eo [[magis]]; [[thus]]: nec [[idcirco]] [[minus]], Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 151: [[neque]] eo [[minus]], Liv. 41, 8, 8; Suet. Oth. 2; id. Vesp. 24: [[neque]] eo [[secius]], Nep. Att. 2, 2: [[neque]] eo [[magis]], id. Eum. 4, 2; id. Paus. 3, 5; id. Att. 8, 5: cum consules in Hernicos exercitum duxissent, [[neque]] inventis in agro hostibus, [[Ferentinum]] urbem cepissent, Liv. 7, 9, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So, nec [[ullus]], nec [[quisquam]], for et [[nullus]], et [[nemo]], etc.: nec ullo Gallorum ibi viro, etc., Liv. 38, 25, 3; Tac. Agr. 16: nec quidquam [[magis]] [[quam]] [[ille]], etc., Curt. 4, 2, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[vero]], [[enim]], [[autem]], [[tamen]]: [[neque]] [[vero]] hoc [[solum]] dixit, sed [[ipse]] et sentit et fecit, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 229: nec [[vero]] jam meo nomine [[abstinent]], id. Rep. 1, 3, 6: nec [[enim]] respexit, etc., id. Clod. et Cur. 4, 4; id. Lael. 10, 32: [[neque]] [[enim]] tu is es, qui, qui sis nescias, id. Fam. 5, 12, 6: nec [[tamen]] didici, etc., id. Rep. 2, 38, 64: [[neque]] [[autem]] ego [[sum]] ita [[demens]], ut, etc., id. Fam. 5, 12, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nec = ne ... [[quidem]], not [[even]] (in Liv. and [[later]] writers; in Cic. dub. [[since]] B. and K. [[read]] ne ... [[quidem]], Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 26, 65; id. Cat. 2, 4, 8; cf. Hand, Turs. 4, 105 sqq.): ne [[quid]] ex [[antiquo]] [[praeter]] sonum linguae, nec eum incorruptum, retinerent, Liv. 5, 33, 11: [[Maharbal]] nec [[ipse]] eruptionem cohortium sustinuit, id. 23, 18, 4: nec nos, id. 3, 52, 9; 34, 32, 9; 37, 20, 8; 38, 23, 3; 40, 20, 6: non [[spes]] [[modo]], sed nec [[dilatio]], Just. 11, 8, 4: tam [[pauper]], [[quam]] nec [[miserabilis]] [[Irus]], Mart. 6, 77, 1; 5, 70, 6: Juv. 2, 151: interrogatus, an facta hominum deos fallerent, nec [[cogitata]], inquit, Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 8; Tac. G. 6: nec [[ipse]], Suet. Claud. 46; Flor. 1, 15, 3; Lact. 5, 13, 12; Amm. 14, 10, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nec = [[etiam]] non (freq. in Quint.): ut, si in urbe fines non reguntur, nec [[aqua]] in urbe arceatur, Cic. Top. 4, 23; id. Fin. 1, 11, 39: nec si [[quid]] dicere [[satis]] non est, [[ideo]] nec [[necesse]] est, Quint. 1, 1, 21: [[quod]] in [[foro]] non expedit, [[illic]] nec liceat, id. 9, 2, 67; 5, 10, 86; 12, 3, 6; 2, 13, 7: sed [[neque]] haec in principem, Tac. A. 4, 34; 3, 29; 2, 82.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Neque (nec) ... [[neque]] (nec), [[neither]] ... [[nor]]: quae [[neque]] Dardaniis campis potuere perire, Nec cum [[capta]] capi, nec cum combusta cremari, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 360 Vahl.): nam [[certe]] [[neque]] tum peccavi, cum ... [[neque]] cum, etc., Cic. Att. 8, 12, 2: nec meliores nec beatiores, id. Rep. 1, 19, 32: [[mors]] nec ad vivos pertineat nec ad mortuos, id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91: [[virtus]] nec eripi nec surripi potest [[umquam]]: [[neque]] naufragio [[neque]] incendio amittitur, id. Par. 6, 3, 51: [[neque]] ego [[neque]] [[Caesar]], Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1; cf.: haec si [[neque]] ego [[neque]] tu fecimus, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 23; so, non ... nec ... [[neque]] ... [[neque]]: perspicuum est, non omni caussae, nec auditori [[neque]] personae [[neque]] [[tempori]] congruere orationis unum [[genus]], Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 210.—The [[second]] nec is [[rarely]] placed [[after]] a [[word]] in the [[clause]] ([[poet]].): nec [[deus]] hunc mensā, dea nec dignata cubili est, Verg. E. 4, 63; id. A. 4, 365; 696: sed nec [[Brutus]] erit, Bruti nec [[avunculus]] [[usquam]], Juv. 14, 43.—With a [[preceding]] [[negative]], [[which]], [[however]], does not [[destroy]] the [[negation]] contained in [[neque]] ... [[neque]]: non mediusfidius [[prae]] lacrimis [[possum]] reliqua nec cogitare nec scribere, Cic. Att. 9, 12, 1: ut omnes intellegant, [[nihil]] me nec subterfugere voluisse reticendo nec obscurare dicendo, id. Clu. 1, 1: nulla vitae [[pars]] [[neque]] publicis [[neque]] privatis, [[neque]] forensibus [[neque]] domesticis, [[neque]] si [[tecum]] agas, [[neque]] si cum altero contrahas vacare [[officio]] potest, id. Off. 1, 2, 4: [[nemo]] [[umquam]] [[neque]] poëta [[neque]] [[orator]] fuit, qui, etc., id. Att. 14, 20, 3; 8, 1, 3; Liv. 38, 50, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Neque (nec) ... et (que): id [[neque]] amoris [[mediocris]] et ingenii summi et sapientiae judico, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1: [[animal]] nullum inveniri potest, [[quod]] [[neque]] natum [[umquam]] [[sit]], et [[semper]] [[sit]] futurum, id. N. D. 3, 13, 32; id. Off. 2, 12, 43; id. Brut. 58, 198; Caes. B. G. 4, 1; Tac. A. 3, 35: ex quo intellegitur nec intemperantiam [[propter]] se fugiendam esse temperantiamque expetendam, Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 48: perficiam, ut [[neque]] [[bonus]] [[quisquam]] intereat, paucorumque poenā vos omnes jam salvi esse possitis, id. Cat. 2, 13, 28: sed nec [[illa]] exstincta sunt, alunturque [[potius]] et augentur cogitatione et memoriā, id. Lael. 27, 104; Ov. M. 2, 42; 811.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Et ... [[neque]] (nec): ego [[vero]] et exspectabo ea quae polliceris [[neque]] exigam [[nisi]] tuo [[commodo]], Cic. Brut. 4, 17: patebat via et certa [[neque]] longa, id. Phil. 11, 2, 4: intellegitis et animum ei [[praesto]] fuisse, nec [[consilium]] defuisse, id. ib. 13, 6, 13: et ... nec ... et ... et, id. Tusc. 5, 38, 112.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Neque (nec) non (also in one [[word]], [[necnon]]), [[emphatically]] [[affirmative]], and also, and [[besides]], and [[indeed]], and: nec haec non deminuitur [[scientia]], Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 4: [[neque]] meam mentem non domum [[saepe]] revocat exanimata [[uxor]], Cic. Cat. 4, 2, 3: nec [[vero]] non [[eadem]] ira deorum hanc ejus satellitibus injecit amentiam, id. Mil. 32, 86: nec [[vero]] [[Aristoteles]] non laudandus in eo, [[quod]], etc., id. N. D. 2, 16, 44: [[neque]] [[tamen]] [[illa]] non ornant, habiti honores, etc., id. de Or. 2, 85, 347: [[neque]] tristius dicere [[quicquam]] [[debeo]] hac de re, [[neque]] non me [[tamen]] mordet aliquid, id. Fam. 3, 12, 2: nec non et [[sterilis]], etc., Verg. G. 2, 53; id. A. 8, 461; Suet. Tit. 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In [[Varro]] and [[after]] the Aug. per., nec non (or as one [[word]], [[necnon]]) freq. as a [[simple]] [[conjunction]] = et, and, and [[likewise]], and so [[too]], and also: ibi vidi greges magnos anserum, gallinarum, gruum, pavonum, [[necnon]] glirium, etc., Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 14; Col. 8, 15, 6: nec non et Tyrii per limina [[laeta]] frequentes Convenere, Verg. A. 1, 707; Plin. 13, 22, 38, § 118: nec non [[etiam]] poëmata faciebat ex tempore, Suet. Gram. 23: nec non et [[ante]], Vulg. 2 Reg. 23, 13: nec non et [[quasi]], id. 2 Par. 3, 16. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Neque (nec) dum (also in one [[word]], [[necdum]]), and not [[yet]], not [[yet]]: [[ille]] [[autem]] [[quid]] agat, si scis [[neque]] dum Romā es [[profectus]], scribas ad me velim, Cic. Att. 14, 10, 4; Cels. 5, 26, n. 33; Suet. Aug. 10; Juv. 11, 66: [[necdum]] [[tamen]] ego Quintum conveneram, Cic. Att. 6, 3, 2: [[necdum]] [[etiam]] audierant inflari classica, [[necdum]] Impositos duris crepitare incudibus enses, Verg. G. 2, 539; id. A. 11, 70.—Strengthened by [[tamen]]: philosophi summi, [[neque]] dum [[tamen]] sapientiam consecuti, [[nonne]] intellegunt in summo se [[malo]] esse? Cic. Tusc. 3, 28, 68; id. Att. 6, 3, 3: et [[necdum]] ([[post]]-Aug.), and not [[yet]], Plin. [[Pan]]. 14, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>7</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nec ... [[quidem]]; v. [[quidem]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Neque = et ne or [[neve]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Expressing [[negative]] [[purpose]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After ut ([[class]].): ut ea, quae [[regie]] statuit in aratores, praetermittam [[neque]] eos appellem, a quibus, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 115: hortemur liberos nostros, ut [[animo]] rei magnitudinem complectantur, [[neque]] eis praeceptis quibus utuntur omnes, ut consequi posse [[confidant]], etc., id. de Or. 1, 5, 19: peterent ut dediticiis suis parcerent, [[neque]] in eum agrum [[arma]] inferrent, Liv. 7, 31, 4; 1, 2, 4; 3, 52, 11; 27, 20, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After ne (not [[ante]]-Aug.): conspirāsse [[inde]], ne [[manus]] ad os cibum ferrent, nec os acciperet datum, nec dentes conficerent, Liv. 2, 32, 10; 3, 21, 6; 4, 4, 11; 26, 42, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[prohibition]] ([[rare]]): nec id mirati [[sitis]], priusquam, etc., Liv. 5, 53, 3: nec a me [[nunc]] [[quisquam]] quaesiverit, [[quid]], etc., id. 9, 9, 9: nec [[quicquam]] [[raptim]] aut [[forte]] [[temere]] egeritis, id. 23, 5, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> In contrasts, [[but]] not, not [[however]] ([[class]].): ubi [[aetas]] [[tantum]] [[modo]] quaestui [[neque]] luxuriae modum fecerat, Sall. C. 24, 3: gloriosa [[modo]] [[neque]] belli patrandi, id. J. 88, 4: [[consulatus]] [[sine]] ulla patrum injuriā, nec [[sine]] offensione fuit, Liv. 3, 55, 1: oppida oppugnata nec obsessa sunt, id. 5, 12, 5; Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 9; Quint. 8, 6, 74; Tac. Agr. 8.
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