necto — Lewis & Short
necto, xŭi, sometimes xi (cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 494 sq.), xum (
I inf. pass. nectier, Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59), 3, v. a. with neo, kindr. to Sanscr. nah, ligare, nectere, and Gr. ne/w, nh/qw, to bind, tie, fasten; to join, bind, or fasten together, connect.
I Lit.
A In gen.: nectere ligare significat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.:
necte tribus nodis ternos, Amarylli, colores,Verg. E. 8, 77:
catenas,Hor. C. 1, 29, 5:
necte meo La miae coronam,weave, make, id. ib. 1, 26, 8, so, coronas, id. ib. 4, 11, 3; id. Ep. 2, 2, 96; id. Epod. 17, 22:
laqueum alicui,id. Ep. 1, 19, 31:
pedibus talaria,Verg. A. 4, 239:
flavàque caput nectentur olivā,id. ib. 5, 309:
nodum informis leti trabe nectit ab alta,id. ib. 12, 603:
bracchia,to fold in each other, entwine, clasp, Ov. F. 6, 329; cf.:
collo bracchia meo,id. H. 5, 48:
comam myrto,id. Am. 1, 2, 23:
mille venit variis florum dea nexa coronis,id. F. 4, 495:
venit odoratos Elegeïa nexa capillos,id. Am. 3, 1, 7; id. P. 3, 1, 124:
retia,Prop. 3, 8, 27 (4, 7, 37):
alicui compedes,Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 4;
Africus in glaciem frigore nectit aquas,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 48.—
B In partic., to bind, fetter, confine, esp. for debt:
liber, qui suas operas in servitute pro pecuniā quādam debebat, dum solveret, nexus vocatur ut ab aere obaeratus,enslaved for debt, Varr. L L. 7, § 105 Müll.:
cum sint propter unius libidinem omnia nexa civium liberata, nectierque postea desitum,Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59; cf.:
ita nexi soluti cautumque in posterum, ne necterentur,Liv. 8, 28 fin.:
eo anno plebi Romanae velut aliud initium libertatis factum est, quod necti desierant: mutatum autem jus ob unius feneratoris simul libidinem, simul crudelitatem insignem,id. 8, 28, 1; v. also 2. nexus, II.; Liv. 2, 27; 23:
nec carcerem nexis, sed caedibus civitatem replet,Just. 21, 2; cf. id. 21, 1.—
II Trop.
A To affix, attach:
ut ex alio alia nectantur,Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 52:
ex hoc genere causarum ex aeternitate pendentium fatum a Stoicis nectitur,id. Top. 15, 59.—
B To bind by an obligation, to oblige, make liable, bind, etc.:
sacramento nexi,Just. 20, 4:
res pignori nexa,i. e. pledged, pawned, Dig. 49, 14, 22, § 1.—
C To join or fasten together, to connect, Cic. Or. 41, 140:
rerum causae aliae ex aliis aptae et necessitate nexae,id. Tusc. 5, 25, 70; cf.:
omnes virtutes inter se nexae et jugatae sunt,id. ib. 3, 8, 17:
nectere dolum,to contrive, Liv. 27, 28:
causas inanes,to frame, invent, bring forward, Verg. A. 9, 219:
canoris Eloquium vocale modis,to set to harmonious measures, Juv. 7, 18:
numeris verba,Ov. P. 4, 2, 30:
cum aliquo jurgia,i. e. to quarrel, id. Am. 2, 2, 35:
moras,to make, contrive, Tac. A. 12, 14:
insidias,Val. Max. 3, 8, 5:
talia nectebant,they thus conversed, Stat. Th. 8, 637.