necubi Latin · revision 36233

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=la nē, la ubī}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈneː.kʊ.biː], [ˈneː.kʊ.bɪ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈnɛː.ku.bi]^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''nēcubī̆''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also written as two words, ⟨nē cubi⟩.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|nē#1|t=lest, that not]] and an old form ⟨*cubi⟩ of [[m|la|ubī|t=where]], whose initial consonant survives only in compounds such as [[m|la|alicubi|t=somewhere]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨ubī⟩ to [[itc-pro|*kʷuþei|t=where]], which he finds slightly more likely than [[m|itc-pro|*kʷubʰei]], from [[ine-pro|*kʷu-dʰi|t=where]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[osc|puf|t=where]], [[xum|pufe|t=where]], [[sa|कुह|tr=kúha|t=where]] and [[ae|kudā|t=where]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Varro,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) whose farm manual says that one must see to it that water nowhere stands.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It introduces a clause of purpose or fear, meaning that nowhere or lest anywhere.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Caesar has scouts posted so that the Romans might nowhere bring troops across,^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) and Livy a general careful never to engage the enemy on equal ground;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Curtius, Columella and Lucan use it too.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also meant lest on any occasion: Livy says a king of sacrifices was created so that the people would not miss the kings, and Apuleius uses it of holding back praise.^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short note that it is not in Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of water that must nowhere stand.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of scouts posted against a crossing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it in the sense “lest on any occasion”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it in his work on farming.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of holding back praise.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # That [[m|en|nowhere]], lest anywhere.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Lest at any time, lest on any occasion.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ubī]]

+ * [[alicubi]]

+ * [[sīcubi]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}