necto

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnek.toː/

Verb

present active nectō, present infinitive nectere, perfect active nexī, supine nexum

1. I bind, tie, fasten, connect, interweave, attach; unite; relate.
2. I bind by obligation, oblige, make liable.
3. I contrive, devise, compose, produce.

Inflection

• The third principal part may be nexī or nexuī.

Conjugation of necto (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nectō	nectis	nectit	nectimus	nectitis	nectunt
	imperfect	nectēbam	nectēbās	nectēbat	nectēbāmus	nectēbātis	nectēbant
	future	nectam	nectēs	nectet	nectēmus	nectētis	nectent
	perfect	nexī	nexistī	nexit	neximus	nexistis	nexērunt
	pluperfect	nexeram	nexerās	nexerat	nexerāmus	nexerātis	nexerant
	future perfect	nexerō	nexeris	nexerit	nexerimus	nexeritis	nexerint
passive	present	nector	necteris	nectitur	nectimur	nectiminī	nectuntur
	imperfect	nectēbar	nectēbāris	nectēbātur	nectēbāmur	nectēbāminī	nectēbantur
	future	nectar	nectēris	nectētur	nectēmur	nectēminī	nectentur
	perfect	nexus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	nexus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	nexus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nectam	nectās	nectat	nectāmus	nectātis	nectant
	imperfect	necterem	necterēs	necteret	necterēmus	necterētis	necterent
	perfect	nexerim	nexerīs	nexerit	nexerīmus	nexerītis	nexerint
	pluperfect	nexissem	nexissēs	nexisset	nexissēmus	nexissētis	nexissent
passive	present	nectar	nectāris	nectātur	nectāmur	nectāminī	nectantur
	imperfect	necterer	necterēris	necterētur	necterēmur	necterēminī	necterentur
	perfect	nexus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	nexus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	necte	—	—	nectite	—
	future	—	nectitō	nectitō	—	nectitōte	nectuntō
passive	present	—	nectere	—	—	nectiminī	—
	future	—	nectitor	nectitor	—	—	nectuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nectere	nexisse	nexūrus esse	nectī	nexus esse	nexum īrī
participles		nectēns	—	nexūrus	—	nexus	nectendus

Synonyms

• (connect): cōnectō, iungō, vinciō
• (compose, produce): dēdūcō

Derived terms

adnectō / annectō circumnectō cōnectō

innectō nexibilis nexilis

nexiō nexō nexum

nexuōsus nexus subnectō

Related terms

• nexābundē
• nexilitās

References

• necto in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879