nexis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nexum, nexi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
obligation between creditor/debtor; (pre-300 BC debtor bondman for non-payment);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →necto, nectere, nexui, nexus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
tie, bind;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →nexo, nexere, nexi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
tie together; bind together; (see also nectere);
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →nexus, nexi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
one reduced to quasi-slavery for debt, bondsman;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uiscera ducit.Pompei densis acies stipata cateruisiunxerat in seriem nexis umbonibus arma,uixque habitura locum dextras ac tela mouendiconstiterat..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...linguam eius intellegebant. Ceteri convivae circa labrum manibus nexis currebant, et gingilipho ingenti clamore exsonabant. Alii autem..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...manus abstulit una, peruia uulneribus media trabe pectora nexi. ut uidit lacrimisque oculi patuere profusis: 'hosne ego complexus..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...horror iit; sensit manifesto numine ductos adfore, quos nexis ambagibus augur Apollo portendi generos, uultu fallente ferarum, ediderat..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aethera vectae obsedere apicem, et pedibus per mutua nexis examen subitum ramo frondente pependit. continuo vates 'externum cernimus..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...circum funduntur, violae sublucet purpura nigrae; [saepe deum nexis ornatae torquibus arae;] asper in ore sapor; tonsis..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...dryades festas duxere choreas, saepe etiam manibus nexis ex ordine trunci circuiere modum, mensuraque roboris ulnas quinque..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...heros restantem contraque diem radiosque micantes obliquantem oculos nexis adamante catenis Cerberon abstraxit, rabida qui concitus ira inplevit..."
