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necubi

necubi

that nowhere

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. necubi — de Vaan

necubi "that nowhere' (Varro+), sicubi 'if anywhere' (Cato+); ubfcitmque 'wherever' (P1-+), ubinam 'where in the world?' (P1.+), ubiqmque 'everywhere' (PL+), ubique 'anywhere' (Lucil.+), ubivls 'whenever, anywhere' (Ter.+). Pit *k"u-p/fei 'where'. It. cognates: O. puf, U. pufe, pufe [adv.] 'where' < *kwu-b/dhei. PIE *kwu-dhi/-bhi 'where'. IE cognates: Skt. huha, OAv. kuda 'where', YAv. kudat 'where from5, OCS kbde … — [de Vaan, s.v. necubi, p. 650]

2. nĕcŭbi — Lewis & Short

nĕcŭbi, adv.ne alicubi,

I that nowhere, lest anywhere (not in Cic.). itaque faciunt lapide stratā, ut urina necubi in stabulo consistat, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 19; so, ut necubi, Col. 2, 18, 4: dispositis exploratoribus, necubi Romani copias transducerent, Caes. B. G. 7, 35; Liv. 22, 2, 3; 25, 33, 9; Suet. Aug. 46; 86; Luc. 9, 1059.

In the wild

6 of 26 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. necubi (scan pp. 650-651; entry #1865). Root candidates: *h2elk-.

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