nexus
English
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin nexus (“the act of binding together; bond”), from nectō (“bind”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nexus (countable and uncountable, plural nexuses or nexus)
- A form of connection.
- A connected group.
- The centre of something.
- (historical, law) In Ancient Rome, a person who had contracted a nexum or obligation of such a kind that, if he failed to pay, his creditor could compel him to work as a servant until the debt was paid.
- (Canada, US, finance) The relationship between a vendor and a jurisdiction for the purpose of taxation, established for example by the vendor operating a physical store in that jurisdiction.
Usage notes
The Latin plural form (written nexûs or nexūs) is sometimes used in academic discussions of process philosophy (see Nexus (process philosophy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ).
Synonyms
Translations
connection
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connected group
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centre of something
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of nectō (“bind”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnek.sus/, [ˈnɛks̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnek.sus/, [ˈnɛksus]
Participle
nexus (feminine nexa, neuter nexum); first/second-declension participle
- bound, tied, fastened, connected, interwoven, having been bound.
- bound by obligation, obliged, made liable, pledged, having been obliged.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | nexus | nexa | nexum | nexī | nexae | nexa | |
Genitive | nexī | nexae | nexī | nexōrum | nexārum | nexōrum | |
Dative | nexō | nexō | nexīs | ||||
Accusative | nexum | nexam | nexum | nexōs | nexās | nexa | |
Ablative | nexō | nexā | nexō | nexīs | |||
Vocative | nexe | nexa | nexum | nexī | nexae | nexa |
Noun
nexus m (genitive nexūs); fourth declension
- the act of binding, tying or fastening together
- something which binds; bond, joint, binding, fastening; connection; nexus
- a personal obligation of a debtor
- a legal obligation
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nexus | nexūs |
Genitive | nexūs | nexuum |
Dative | nexuī | nexibus |
Accusative | nexum | nexūs |
Ablative | nexū | nexibus |
Vocative | nexus | nexūs |
Synonyms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “nexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nexus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- concatenation, interdependence of causes: rerum causae aliae ex aliis nexae
- systematic succession, concatenation: continuatio seriesque rerum, ut alia ex alia nexa et omnes inter se aptae colligataeque sint (N. D. 1. 4. 9)
- the connection: sententiae inter se nexae
- the connection: contextus orationis (not nexus, conexus sententiarum)
- concatenation, interdependence of causes: rerum causae aliae ex aliis nexae
- nexus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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