adverb
nēcubī̆
nēcubī̆ (not comparable)
Classical[ˈneː.kʊ.biː]Ecclesiastical[ˈnɛː.ku.bi]
Meaning
- not comparablethat nowhere
- not comparablelest anywhere
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nēcubi adv.
ne+* cubi (ubi), that nowhere, lest anywhere : cavere, necubi hosti opportunus fieret, S., Cs., L.
Origins
From nē (“lest”) + cubī̆, older form of ubī̆ (“where”).