Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges
J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, A. A. Howard, Benj. L. D'Ooge, Ed.

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[*] 328. The negative is frequently joined with a conjunction or with an indefinite pronoun or adverb. Hence the forms of negation in Latin differ from those in English in many expressions:—

1. nūllī ( neutrī ) crēdō (not nōn crēdō ūllī ), I do not believe either (I believe neither).
2. sine ūllō perīculō; (less commonly cum nūllō ), with no danger (without any danger).
3. nihil umquam audīvī iūcundius, I never heard anything more amusing.
4. Cf. negō haec esse vēra (not dīcō nōn esse ), I say this is not true (I deny, etc.)

[*] a. In the second of two connected ideas, and not is regularly expressed by neque ( nec ), not by et nōn :—

1. “hostēs terga vertērunt, neque prius fugere dēstitērunt ” (B. G. 1.53) , the enemy turned and fled, and did not stop fleeing until, etc.

[*] Note.--Similarly nec quisquam is regularly used for et nēmō; neque ūllus for et nūllus; nec umquam for et numquam; nēve ( neu ), for et nē .