necto
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See also: něčto
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Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”). Cognate with nōdus (“knot”), Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “a jaw”), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬐𐬀 (naska-, “bundle”), Old Irish nascim (“to bind”), Old Norse knútr (whence Danish knude, Norwegian knute, and Icelandic hnútur), Old English cnotta (Modern English knot), Old English cnyttan (Modern English knit), Old High German knotto (German Knoten), Middle Dutch cnudde (Dutch knot).
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nectō (present infinitive nectere, perfect active nexī, supine nexum); third conjugation
- I bind, tie, fasten, connect, interweave, attach; unite; relate.
- I bind by obligation, oblige, make liable.
- I contrive, devise, compose, produce.
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References[edit]
- necto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- necto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- necto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette