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necto
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(verb) : necto, xŭi, sometimes xi (cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 494 sq.), xum (
* Inf. pass. nectier, Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59), 3, with neo, kindr. to Sanscr. nah, ligare, nectere, and Gr. νέω, νήθω, to bind, tie, fasten; to join, bind, or fasten together, connect.
* Lit.
* In gen.: nectere ligare significat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.: 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.
* Trop.
* To affix, attach: 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.
* To bind by an obligation, to oblige, make liable, bind, etc.: sacramento nexi,Just. 20, 4: res pignori nexa,i. e. pledged, pawned,Dig. 49, 14, 22, § 1.
* To join or fasten together, to connect, Cic. Or. 41, 140: 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.
* Inf. pass. nectier, Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59), 3, with neo, kindr. to Sanscr. nah, ligare, nectere, and Gr. νέω, νήθω, to bind, tie, fasten; to join, bind, or fasten together, connect.
* Lit.
* In gen.: nectere ligare significat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.: 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.
* Trop.
* To affix, attach: 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.
* To bind by an obligation, to oblige, make liable, bind, etc.: sacramento nexi,Just. 20, 4: res pignori nexa,i. e. pledged, pawned,Dig. 49, 14, 22, § 1.
* To join or fasten together, to connect, Cic. Or. 41, 140: 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 T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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