nectō
Meaning
- to connect, interweave, attach, unite; relate
- to bind, tie, fasten
- to bind by obligation, oblige, make liable
- to contrive, devise, compose, produce
- Ancient Rometo bind a creditor under the bond of nexum, to enslave to a creditor
[…]iussique consules ferre ad populum[…]pecuniae creditae bona debitoris, non corpus obnoxium esset. Ita nexi soluti, cautumque in posterum ne necterentur.
27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita VIII.28
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ligō, cōnserōligō, implicōChoosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Ligare · Viere · Vincire · Nectere · Obligare · Obstringere · Devincire
1. Ligare and viere denote to bind, in order to prevent things falling asunder, synonymously with copulare, like δέειν; whereas vincire and nectere mean to fetter, in order to hinder free movement, synonymously with coercere, like δεσμεύειν. 2. Ligare is the general, viere (ὀχεῖν) the technical expression for binding fast, etc. 3. Obligare means to oblige by acts of kindness; obstringere, to oblige by benefits; devincire, to rivet to one’s self by a lasting intimate connection. The obligatus feels himself bound by the conventional duties of social life; the obstrictus, by the duties of morality or religion; the devinctus, by the duties of piety. (iv. 282.)
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | nectō | nectēbam | nectam | nexī nexuī | nexeram nexueram | nexerō nexuerō |
| 2nd sg. | nectis | nectēbās | nectēs | nexistī nexuistī | nexerās nexuerās | nexeris nexueris |
| 3rd sg. | nectit | nectēbat | nectet | nexit nexuit | nexerat nexuerat | nexerit nexuerit |
| 1st pl. | nectimus | nectēbāmus | nectēmus | neximus nexuimus | nexerāmus nexuerāmus | nexerimus nexuerimus |
| 2nd pl. | nectitis | nectēbātis | nectētis | nexistis nexuistis | nexerātis nexuerātis | nexeritis nexueritis |
| 3rd pl. | nectunt | nectēbant | nectent | nexērunt nexēre, nexuērunt, nexuēre | nexerant nexuerant | nexerint nexuerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | nectam | necterem | nexerim nexuerim | nexissem nexuissem |
| 2nd sg. | nectās | necterēs | nexerīs nexuerīs | nexissēs nexuissēs |
| 3rd sg. | nectat | necteret | nexerit nexuerit | nexisset nexuisset |
| 1st pl. | nectāmus | necterēmus | nexerīmus nexuerīmus | nexissēmus nexuissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | nectātis | necterētis | nexerītis nexuerītis | nexissētis nexuissētis |
| 3rd pl. | nectant | necterent | nexerint nexuerint | nexissent nexuissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | nector | nectēbar | nectar |
| 2nd sg. | necteris nectere | nectēbāris nectēbāre | nectēris nectēre |
| 3rd sg. | nectitur | nectēbātur | nectētur |
| 1st pl. | nectimur | nectēbāmur | nectēmur |
| 2nd pl. | nectiminī | nectēbāminī | nectēminī |
| 3rd pl. | nectuntur | nectēbantur | nectentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | nectar | necterer |
| 2nd sg. | nectāris nectāre | necterēris necterēre |
| 3rd sg. | nectātur | necterētur |
| 1st pl. | nectāmur | necterēmur |
| 2nd pl. | nectāminī | necterēminī |
| 3rd pl. | nectantur | necterentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | necte | nectere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | nectite | nectiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | nectitō | nectitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | nectitō | nectitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | nectitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | nectuntō | nectuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | nectere | nectī |
| perfect infinitive | nexisse nexuisse | nexum esse |
| future infinitive | nexūrum esse | nexum īrī |
| present participle | nectēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | nexus nexa, nexā, nexae, nexam, nexārum, nexās, nexe, nexīs, nexō, nexōrum, nexōs |
| future participle | nexūrus nexūra, nexūrā, nexūrae, nexūram, nexūrārum, nexūrās, nexūre, nexūrī, nexūrīs, nexūrō, nexūrōrum, nexūrōs, nexūrum | nectendus nectundus, nectenda, nectendā, nectendae, nectendam, nectendārum, nectendās, nectende, nectendīs, nectendōrum, nectendōs, nectunda, nectundā, nectundae, nectundam, nectundārum, nectundās, nectunde, nectundī, nectundīs, nectundō, nectundōrum, nectundōs, nectundum |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- sententiae inter se nexae
- the connection.
- rerum causae aliae ex aliis nexae
- concatenation, interdependence of causes.
- continuatio seriesque rerum, ut alia ex alia nexa et omnes inter se aptae colligataeque sint (N. D. 1. 4. 9)
- systematic succession, concatenation.
necte tribus nodis ternos, Amarylli, colores, Verg. E. 8, 77: catenas, Hor. C. 1, 29, 5: necte meo La miae coronam, weave, make, id. ib. 1, 26, 8, so, coronas, id. ib. 4, 11, 3; id. Ep. 2, 2, 96; id. Epod. 17, 22: laqueum alicui, id. Ep. 1, 19, 31: pedibus talaria, Verg. A. 4, 239: flavàque caput nectentur olivā, id. ib. 5, 309: nodum informis leti trabe nectit ab alta, id. ib. 12, 603: bracchia, to fold in each other, entwine, clasp, Ov. F. 6, 329; cf.: collo bracchia meo, id. H. 5, 48: comam myrto, id. Am. 1, 2, 23: mille venit variis florum dea nexa coronis, id. F. 4, 495: venit odoratos Elegeïa nexa capillos, id. Am. 3, 1, 7; id. P. 3, 1, 124: retia, Prop. 3, 8, 27 (4, 7, 37): alicui compedes, Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 4; Africus in glaciem frigore nectit aquas, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 48.—liber, qui suas operas in servitute pro pecuniā quādam debebat, dum solveret, nexus vocatur ut ab aere obaeratus, enslaved for debt, Varr. L L. 7, § 105 Müll.: cum sint propter unius libidinem omnia nexa civium liberata, nectierque postea desitum, Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59; cf.: ita nexi soluti cautumque in posterum, ne necterentur, Liv. 8, 28 fin.: eo anno plebi Romanae velut aliud initium libertatis factum est, quod necti desierant: mutatum autem jus ob unius feneratoris simul libidinem, simul crudelitatem insignem, id. 8, 28, 1; v. also 2. nexus, II.; Liv. 2, 27; 23: nec carcerem nexis, sed caedibus civitatem replet, Just. 21, 2; cf. id. 21, 1.—ut ex alio alia nectantur, Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 52: ex hoc genere causarum ex aeternitate pendentium fatum a Stoicis nectitur, id. Top. 15, 59.—sacramento nexi, Just. 20, 4: res pignori nexa, i. e. pledged, pawned, Dig. 49, 14, 22, § 1.— rerum causae aliae ex aliis aptae et necessitate nexae, id. Tusc. 5, 25, 70; cf.: omnes virtutes inter se nexae et jugatae sunt, id. ib. 3, 8, 17: nectere dolum, to contrive, Liv. 27, 28: causas inanes, to frame, invent, bring forward, Verg. A. 9, 219: canoris Eloquium vocale modis, to set to harmonious measures, Juv. 7, 18: numeris verba, Ov. P. 4, 2, 30: cum aliquo jurgia, i. e. to quarrel, id. Am. 2, 2, 35: moras, to make, contrive, Tac. A. 12, 14: insidias, Val. Max. 3, 8, 5: talia nectebant, they thus conversed, Stat. Th. 8, 637.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
Uncertain. Possibly related to nōdus (“knot”) and/or nassa (“a narrow-necked basket for catching fish”). The ending may be analogous to that found in plectō (“plait, weave, braid”) or pectō (“comb wool”). More information The following roots and cognates have been proposed: * Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”), making it cognate to Proto-Germanic *knuttô (“knot”) (whence Modern English knot), and possibly Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “a jaw”). * Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”), whence English net, Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬐𐬀- (naska-, “bundle”), Old Irish nascaid (“to bind”). This in turn is sometimes interpreted as being connected to Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“spin, sew”), the root of Latin neō (“spin, weave”). The root of these forms has alternatively been reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *neh₃d-. * Proto-Indo-European *h₁nedʰ- (“to tie together”) (alternatively reconstructed as *Hnadʰ- or *nedʰ-), whence (possibly) Sanskrit नह्यति (nahyati) and Proto-Germanic *nastijaną. * Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) * Proto-Indo-European *h₁neǵʰ- (“to pierce”), the root of Old Church Slavonic ножь (nožĭ, “knife, dagger”), Proto-Slavic *nizati (“to string (to put (items) on a string)”). The first three scenarios assume either dissimilation or intrusion of a velar suffix.