nectar

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Etymology [edit]

From Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (nektar, nourishment of the gods), from νέκ (death) (see necro-) + ταρ (overcoming), from Proto-Indo-European *tere (to overcome, pass through, cross over).

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Noun [edit]

nectar (plural nectars)

  1. (chiefly mythology) The drink of the gods. [from 16th c.]
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
      They pourd in soveraine balme and Nectar good, / Good both for erthly med'cine and for hevenly food.
  2. (by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice. [from 16th c.]
  3. (botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds. [from 17th c.]

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Noun [edit]

nectar m (plural nectars)

  1. nectar (all meanings)

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Latin [edit]

Noun [edit]

nectar (genitive nectaris); n, third declension

  1. nectar

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative nectar nectaria
genitive nectaris nectarium
dative nectarī nectaribus
accusative nectar nectaria
ablative nectarī nectaribus
vocative nectar nectaria

Verb [edit]

nectar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of nectō