necto

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain. Possibly related to nōdus (“knot”) and/or nassa (“a narrow-necked basket for catching fish”). The ending may be analogous to that found in plectō (“plait, weave, braid”) or pectō (“comb wool”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɛk.toː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɛk.to] === Verb === nectō (present infinitive nectere, perfect active nexī, supine nexum); third conjugation to connect, interweave, attach, unite; relate Synonyms: cōnectō, iungō, vinciō to bind, tie, fasten Synonyms: cōnectō, colligō, adalligō, cōnfīgō, cōnserō, dēligō, ligō, illigō, alligō, dēfīgō, fīgō, vinculō, dēstinō Antonyms: explicō, absolvō, dissolvō, solvō to bind by obligation, oblige, make liable to contrive, devise, compose, produce Synonym: dēdūcō (Ancient Rome, law) to bind a creditor under the bond of nexum, to enslave to a creditor Coordinate terms: nexus, nexum ==== Conjugation ==== The third principal part may be nexī or nexuī. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== nexābundē nexilitās === References === === Further reading === “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.