(verb) : nĕo, ēvi, ētum, 2, root ne-; Gr. νέω, νήθω; cf. Sanscr. nah = nectere
* To spin.
* Lit.: subtemen tenue nere,Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20; Ov. Med. Fac. 14: sic stamina nevit,id. F. 2, 771: nerunt fatales fortia fila deae,id. P. 1, 8, 64; cf.: Parcae fatalia nentes Stamina,Tib. 1, 7, 1.
* Transf., to weave; to interlace, entwine: tunicam mater quam neverat auro,Verg. A. 10, 818: hoc neverat unum mater opus,Stat. Th. 9, 691: inter se radices mutuo discursu nentur,Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144.