From Proto-Baltic * nē , from Proto-Indo-European * nē , a parallel form to * né “no, not,” the sentence negation particle. Cognates include Lithuanian nè , nė̃ ( “ neither, nor ” ) , Old Church Slavonic не ( ne ) , Russian , Ukrainian , Belarusian , Bulgarian не ( ne ) , Czech ne , Polish nie , Gothic 𐌽𐌹 ( ni ) , 𐌽𐌴 ( nē ) , Hittite 𒈾𒀜𒋫 ( /natta/ , “ not ” ) , [Term?] ( /nāwi/ , “ not yet ” ) , Sanskrit न ( ná ) , Latin ne- , nē .
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1890 American Book Company edition; pinned Perseus XML digitization- nēLatin · n10336
nē adv. and conj. Source etymology: 2 NA- . I. As adv., no , not ; so in many compounds, as nefas, nemo, etc. —With a comp: columella tribus cubitis ne altior.—Standing before, with quidem after, a particular word or phr
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nē interj. (not nae), truly, verily, really, indeed (only with pron pers. or demonst.): Ne tu istas insultabis frustra, T.: ne ego haud paulo hunc animum malim quam, etc.: ne tu, etc.: ne ille: ne iste, T.—With other wor
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