neu Latin · revision 30654

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=clipping|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *nē}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈnɛu̯]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈnɛːu̯]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''neu''' (conjunction)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the shortened form of [[m|la|nēve]], [[m|la|nē|t=not, lest]] with [[m|la|-ve|t=or]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan derives both from [[itc-pro|*nē-we]], with the loss of final /e/, and takes [[m|la|nē]] as a stressed form of [[ine-pro|*ne|t=not]]; he compares a Celtic ⟨*ne-we⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has ''nē lacrumā, soror, neu … id … fac'', “don't cry, sister, and don't do that”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Neu'' is the form of ''nēve'' used especially before consonants: “and not, nor”, adding a second prohibition or a negative clause (Terence, Cicero).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) After ''ut'' it adds a negative to a positive clause, “and that … not”, and after a command it introduces a prohibition (Virgil: ''neu sēgnēs iaceant terrae'', “and let the lands not lie idle”).^(OLD 2012) Repeated, ''neu … neu'' is “neither … nor” (Virgil: ''neu struere audērent aciem neu crēdere campō'').^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''nē lacrumā, soror, neu…''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''neu mē cupidum eō impulisset''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil: ''neu sēgnēs iaceant terrae''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Conjunction===

+ # And not, nor (in prohibitions and negative clauses).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # And that … not.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''neu … neu'', neither … nor.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nē]]

+ * [[seu]]

+ * [[neque]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}