verbthird conjugation
innectō
innectō (present infinitive innectere, perfect active innexuī, supine innexum)
Classical[ɪnˈnɛk.toː]Ecclesiastical[inˈnɛk.to]
Meaning
- to bind, tie, join, connect or fasten to, together or about
- figurativelyto weave, frame, contrive
[...] indulgē hospitiō, causāsque innecte morandī, [...].
“[Then, Dido,] you must give yourself up to [every] hospitality, and you must contrive pretexts for [Aeneas’s further] delays, ….”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.51 - figurativelyto implicate, entangle
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
circumligō, implicōinnectō -ere — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 13
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | innectō | innectēbam | innectam | innexuī | innexueram | innexuerō |
| 2nd sg. | innectis | innectēbās | innectēs | innexuistī | innexuerās | innexueris |
| 3rd sg. | innectit | innectēbat | innectet | innexuit | innexuerat | innexuerit |
| 1st pl. | innectimus | innectēbāmus | innectēmus | innexuimus | innexuerāmus | innexuerimus |
| 2nd pl. | innectitis | innectēbātis | innectētis | innexuistis | innexuerātis | innexueritis |
| 3rd pl. | innectunt | innectēbant | innectent | innexuērunt innexuēre | innexuerant | innexuerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | innectam | innecterem | innexuerim | innexuissem |
| 2nd sg. | innectās | innecterēs | innexuerīs | innexuissēs |
| 3rd sg. | innectat | innecteret | innexuerit | innexuisset |
| 1st pl. | innectāmus | innecterēmus | innexuerīmus | innexuissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | innectātis | innecterētis | innexuerītis | innexuissētis |
| 3rd pl. | innectant | innecterent | innexuerint | innexuissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | innector | innectēbar | innectar |
| 2nd sg. | innecteris innectere | innectēbāris innectēbāre | innectēris innectēre |
| 3rd sg. | innectitur | innectēbātur | innectētur |
| 1st pl. | innectimur | innectēbāmur | innectēmur |
| 2nd pl. | innectiminī | innectēbāminī | innectēminī |
| 3rd pl. | innectuntur | innectēbantur | innectentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | innectar | innecterer |
| 2nd sg. | innectāris innectāre | innecterēris innecterēre |
| 3rd sg. | innectātur | innecterētur |
| 1st pl. | innectāmur | innecterēmur |
| 2nd pl. | innectāminī | innecterēminī |
| 3rd pl. | innectantur | innecterentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | innecte | innectere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | innectite | innectiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | innectitō | innectitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | innectitō | innectitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | innectitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | innectuntō | innectuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | innectere | innectī |
| perfect infinitive | innexuisse | innexum esse |
| future infinitive | innexūrum esse | innexum īrī |
| present participle | innectēns innectente, innectentem, innectentēs, innectentī, innectentia, innectentibus, innectentis, innectentīs, innectentium | — |
| perfect participle | — | innexus innexa, innexā, innexae, innexam, innexārum, innexās, innexe, innexī, innexīs, innexō, innexōrum, innexōs |
| future participle | innexūrus innexūra, innexūrā, innexūrae, innexūram, innexūrārum, innexūrās, innexūre, innexūrī, innexūrīs, innexūrō, innexūrōrum, innexūrōs, innexūrum | innectendus innectundus, innectenda, innectendā, innectendae, innectendam, innectendārum, innectendās, innectende, innectendīs, innectendōrum, innectendōs |
gerundinnectendī, innectendō, innectendumsupineinnexum, innexū
in-necto, nexŭi, nexum, 3 (innectier for innecti, Prud. Psych. 375), v. a.,
I. to tie, join, bind, attach, connect, or fasten to, together, or about.
I. Lit.:
paribus palmas amborum innexuit armis, Verg. A. 5, 425: colla auro, id. ib. 8, 661: tempora sertis, to deck, garland, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 3: fauces laqueo, to encircle, id. M. 10, 378: colla lacertis, id. ib. 11, 240: bracchia collo, Stat. Th. 4, 26: ambos innectens manibus, id. ib. 1, 511: mancipia compedibus, Col. 11, 1, 22: innecti cervicibus, to fasten upon, cling to, or embrace the neck, Tac. H. 4, 46; cf.: tunc placuit caesis innectere vincula silvis, Luc. 2, 670; v. Orelli ad Hor. Epod. 17, 72.— With acc.: nodos et vincula rupit, Queis innexa pedem malo pendebat ab alto, Verg. A. 5, 511: vipereum crinem vittis innexa cruentis, id. ib. 6, 281.—II. Trop.
A. In gen., to connect one thing with another, adduce or devise successively, weave, frame, contrive:
causas innecte morandi, Verg. A. 4, 51: moras, Stat. Th. 5, 743: fraudem clienti, Verg. A. 6, 609.—B. In partic.
1. To entangle, implicate:
innexus conscientiae alicujus, Tac. A. 3, 10.— 2. To join, connect:
Hyrcanis per affinitatem innexus erat, Tac. A. 6, 36: motus animi innexi implicatique vigoribus quibusdam mentium, Gell. 19, 2, 3: mentem, i. e. veneficio illigare, Sen. Hipp. 416.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
in-nectō nēxuī, nexus, ere,
to twist, entangle, bind up, weave in, gather together, weave: comas, V.: ramum olivae (in crinīs), V.—To join, bind, attach, connect, fasten to, weave about: palmas armis, V.: tempora sertis, deck, O.: fauces laqueo, encircle, O.: vincula rupit, Queis innexa pedem, ect., V.—Fig., to weave together, frame, contrive: causas morandi, V.: fraudem clienti, V.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latininnectō
Latin nectō Latin innectō From in- + nectō.