necne Latin · revision 31585

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la neque, la -ne}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈnɛk.nɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈnɛk.ne]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''necne''' ^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|nec|-ne|t1=and not, not]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan derives ⟨neque⟩ from [[itc-pro|*ne-kʷe|t=and not]], from [[ine-pro|*ne|t=not]], like [[osc|nep|t=not]] and [[got|𐌽𐌹𐌷|tr=nih|t=and not]]; ⟨nec⟩ is its shortened form, and also a simple “not”, which may have a separate origin.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest examples are from Plautus, in indirect questions: “whether he was born or not, I don't know for sure”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “or not” in the second half of a disjunctive question.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is mostly used in indirect questions, either alone (Plautus, Terence, Cato) or after ''-ne'', ''utrum'' or ''an'', as in Cicero's “I shall ask whether you bought it or not”.^(OLD 2012) In direct questions it is rarer: Cicero's “are these your words or not?”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin has it for “or not”;^(Stelten 1995) in Medieval Latin it could also stand for ''necnōn'', “also, likewise”.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus in indirect questions.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero in direct and indirect questions.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Conjunction===

+ # Or not, in the second part of a question.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Also, likewise (for ''necnōn'').^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[neque]]

+ * [[annōn]]

+ * [[necnōn]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}