necto
See also: něčto
Latin
Etymology
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 German 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).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnek.toː/, [ˈnɛkt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnek.to/, [ˈnɛkt̪o]
Verb
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
- “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.