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neve

neve, and not, nor, and that not, and lest

BWL

cohortatus est ne eos frumento neve alia re iuvarent
he admonished that they help them not with corn nor any other thing

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

nēve or neu: (conj.), or not, and not, nor, neither, w. subj. or imperat., 7.202; ne — neu (nēve), that not — nor, lest — or lest, 2.188.
nē-ve or neu, adv., introduces a negative clause containing a purpose, command, or prohibition, esp. after ut, ne, etc.,
  • and not, nor, and that not, and lest: utinam ne in nemore, etc.... neve inde, etc., Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 282 Vahl.): caveto ne quam materiam doles, neu caedas, neu tangas, nisi siccam, neu gelidam, neu rorulentam, Cato R. R. 37; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1: ut eam ne quis nobis minuat, neve vivus, neve mortuus, neither ... nor, id. Leg. 2, 27, 67: cohortatus est, uti suae pristinae virtutis memoriam retinerent, neu perturbarentur animo, and that not, Caes. B. G. 2, 21: ut earum rerum vis minueretur, neu ponti nocerent, id. ib. 4, 17 fin.—So after a subj. alone: ipse modo Aeneas ... adveniat, voltus neve exhorrescat amicos, Verg. A. 7, 263: hic ames dici pater atque princeps, Neu sinas Medos equitare inultos, Hor. C. 1, 2, 50.—After an imper., Verg. G. 2, 37; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 37.

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