conjunction
nēcunde
nēcunde
Classical[neːˈkʊn.dɛ]Ecclesiastical[neˈkun.de]
Meaning
- rarethat from no place, lest from anywhere
Inde frumentatum duas exercitus partes mittebat; cum tertia ipse expedita in statione erat, simul castris praesidio et circumspectans necunde impetus in frumentatores fieret.
27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 22.23.10.3Ea prius adgredienda ratus Silanus signa quam maxime ad laevam iubebat ferri, necunde ab stationibus Punicis conspiceretur; ipse praemissis speculatoribus citato agmine ad hostem pergit.
27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 28.1.9.2
nĕc-unde,
I. adv., that from no place, lest from anywhere (Livian): circumspectans, necunde impetus in frumentatores fieret, Liv 22, 23, 10; 28, 1, 9.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nēcunde adv.
ne+* cunde (unde), that from no place, lest from anywhere : necunde, etc., L.
Origins
From nē (“lest”) + *cunde, assumed to be the original form of unde.