1. esse — de Vaan
esse 'to be involved in misdemeanour'. Noxius could be a backformation to obnoxius (Leumann 1977: 290), and noxia can be the f. to noxius. All of these can be derived from noxa. Bibl.: WH II: 153-155, EM 440,455, IEW 762, LIV *nek-. -► nex nodus — [de Vaan, s.v. esse, p. 425]