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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la nectō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [koːˈnɛk.toː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koˈnɛk.to]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''cōnectō''' (present infinitive cōnectere, perfect active cōnexuī, supine cōnexum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[con-|t=together]] and [[nectō]] “to tie, fasten”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) ''Nectō'' goes back to [[ine-pro|*ned-|t=to bind]].^(Etymonline) Lewis and Short and Gaffiot prefer the spelling ⟨cōnectō⟩ to ⟨connectō⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citation is Plautus, whose little cloak is fastened on the left shoulder.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to join, fasten or link together, as Propertius' braided hair, and in the passive to be adjacent.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to relate or associate two things, to be logically connected, as in Lucretius, to string together from parts, and to form a friendship.^(OLD 2012) Of words and ideas it meant to form a link, lead on to, as in Cicero, and of persons to involve in a charge, as in Tacitus.^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short note it is most frequent in the passive participle and in figurative senses.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ [[en|connect]] was borrowed in the mid-15th century, and [[en|connection]] comes from the related ''connexiō'' in the late 14th.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a fastened cloak.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of logical connection.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of tying a knot.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-15th century – English ''connect'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To join, fasten, [[m|en|link]] together.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To relate, [[m|en|connect]] (logically).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To string together; to tie (a knot); to form (a friendship).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To form a link between.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To involve (in a charge).^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[cōnexiō]]
+ * [[cōnexīuus]]
+ * [[cōnexum]]
+ * [[cōnexus]]
+ * [[inconnexus]]
+ * [[cōnexē]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[nectō]]
+ * [[en|connect]]
+ * [[en|connection]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}