nectar
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”) + *-tr̥h₂ (“overcoming”), from *terh₂- (“to overcome, pass through, cross over”).
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Noun[edit]
nectar (countable and uncountable, plural nectars)
- (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.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
- (by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice. [from 16th c.]
- (botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds. [from 17th c.]
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Verb[edit]
nectar (third-person singular simple present nectars, present participle nectaring, simple past and past participle nectared)
- (intransitive) To feed on nectar.
- 2010, Robert Michael Pyle, Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year (page 123)
- On the lane below, more orangetips nectared on spring beauties and violets.
- 2010, Robert Michael Pyle, Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year (page 123)
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Noun[edit]
nectar m (plural nectars)
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) nectar, beverage drunk by the Olympians
- (botany, insects) nectar, liquid produced by flowers
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (nectar in Greco-Roman mythology): ambrozijn
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).
Noun[edit]
nectar m (plural nectars)
- nectar (all meanings)
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Further reading[edit]
- “nectar” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱ-tr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).
Noun[edit]
nectar n (genitive nectaris); third declension
Inflection[edit]
Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nectar | nectaria |
Genitive | nectaris | nectarium |
Dative | nectarī | nectaribus |
Accusative | nectar | nectaria |
Ablative | nectarī | nectaribus |
Vocative | nectar | nectaria |
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References[edit]
- nectar in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nectar in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nectar in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nectar in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb[edit]
nectar
- English terms derived from the PIE root *neḱ-
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