Translation
and not; nor
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Examples
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I have neither seen nor heard.
, .
He came, and said nothing.
Neque neque .
Neither I nor you know this.
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He said nothing and gave no reply.
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Neither a god nor a man can do this.
"nec" and "neque" are the same word, and Roman writers pick between them mostly for sound, with "neque" preferred before a vowel. Either one is "et non" fused into a single word, so it means "and not" and does the work of joining and negating at once. Latin does not normally write "et non".
Doubled, it gives "nec ... nec ..." or "neque ... neque ...", neither ... nor. Mixed with a positive it can pair as "neque ... et ...", meaning "not only not ... but also". Note also "nec quisquam" and "nec quicquam", the standard ways of saying "and nobody" and "and nothing", since Latin will not stack "nec" with "nemo" or "nihil".
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 4: nec, ex, per and 11 more words.