See ni in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Vinum aliudve quid ni laudato.",
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{
"english": "I don't praise wine or anything else.",
"text": "Vinum aliudve quid ni laudato.",
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{
"english": "[The Roman king] Numa ordained that scaleless fish be neither offered [to the gods] ... nor bought for offering.",
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