nectar
English
Etymology
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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”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: nec‧tar
Noun
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
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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Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
nectar m (plural nectars)
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) nectar, beverage drunk by the Olympians
- Synonym: godendrank
- Coordinate term: ambrozijn
- (botany, insects) nectar, liquid produced by flowers
French
Etymology
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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
nectar m (plural nectars)
- nectar (all meanings)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “nectar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnek.tar/, [ˈnɛkt̪är]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnek.tar/, [ˈnɛkt̪är]
Etymology 1
2=neḱPlease see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.
From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱ-tr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).
Noun
nectar n sg (genitive nectaris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | nectar |
Genitive | nectaris |
Dative | nectarī |
Accusative | nectar |
Ablative | nectare |
Vocative | nectar |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
(deprecated template usage) nectar
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