nexum

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Etymology

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Latin

Noun

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nexum

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  1. A contract in early Ancient Rome in which the debtor pledged his own person as collateral should he default on his loan (thus risking becoming a slave to the creditor).
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Latin

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Participle

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nexum

  1. inflection of nexus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References

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  • nexum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nexum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nexum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • nexum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nexum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin