necto Latin · revision 4963

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnɛk.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnɛk.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nectō''' (present infinitive nectere, perfect active nexī or nexuī, supine nexum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The perfect is ''nexuī'' or ''nexī''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Walde–Hofmann, after Osthoff, took it as a remake of an older *nedere after [[pectō]] “to comb”, from the root of [[nōdus]] “knot”, perhaps with [[sa|नह्यति|tr=náhyati|t=binds]], but de Vaan thinks this remote since Latin has no trace of the /d/.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) He also mentions a link with [[ine-pro|*h₂neḱ-|t=to reach]], as in [[nancīscor]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found in the Twelve Tables and in Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008) Lucilius speaks of weaving nets.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was to make by plaiting, to weave nets, to twine together, to tie on, as Virgil's Mercury binding sandals to his feet, and to wreathe the head.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It was to join into one mass, to connect causally or in a series, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) In early Roman law it was to bind a debtor under the ''nexum'' bond, making him a bondsman to his creditor.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein groups it with [[vinciō]], to fetter, against [[ligō]] and [[vieō]], to bind together.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ Its compound ''cōnectere'' gave English ''connect''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius speaks of weaving nets.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil's Mercury binds on his sandals.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''connect'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|weave]], plait; to twine together.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To tie, fasten, attach; to wreathe.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To join, unite; to connect (in a series or as cause).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' To bind (a debtor) by ''nexum''.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To contrive, devise.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adnectō]]

+ * [[circumnectō]]

+ * [[cōnectō]]

+ * [[innectō]]

+ * [[internectō]]

+ * [[nexibilis]]

+ * [[nexilis]]

+ * [[nexiō]]

+ * [[nexō]]

+ * [[nexum]]

+ * [[nexus]]

+ * [[obnectō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nexābundē]]

+ * [[nexilitās]]

+ * [[flectō]]

+ * [[plectō]]

+ * [[nōdus]]

+ * [[en|connect]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}