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) IPA(key): /ˈnek.toː/, [ˈnɛk.toː]
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.
Conjugation
- The third principal part may be nexī or nexuī.
| Conjugation of nectō (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, nexēre | |
| pluperfect | nexeram | nexerās | nexerat | nexerāmus | nexerātis | nexerant | |
| future perfect | nexerō | nexeris | nexerit | nexerimus | nexeritis | nexerint | |
| passive | present | nector | necteris, nectere | nectitur | nectimur | nectiminī | nectuntur |
| imperfect | nectēbar | nectēbāris, nectēbāre | nectēbātur | nectēbāmur | nectēbāminī | nectēbantur | |
| future | nectar | nectēris, nectēre | 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, nectāre | nectātur | nectāmur | nectāminī | nectantur |
| imperfect | necterer | necterēris, necterēre | 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 | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| nectendī | nectendō | nectendum | nectendō | nexum | nexū | ||
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 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