nexum
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);
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →necto, nectere, nexui, nexus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
tie, bind;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →nexus, nexi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
one reduced to quasi-slavery for debt, bondsman;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →nexus, nexus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
obligation between creditor and debtor;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...iure facessunt; quandoquidem nihil est nisi raro corpore nexum. Huc accedit uti non omnia, quae iaciuntur corpora cumque..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...firmae concretaeque materiae, an ex subtili tenuique nexum ; agatur, an agat ; et infra se sidera habeat..." - M
V
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...pietas, natura, sanguis accipiant cotidie tamquam amicitiae nexum, et, nisi vos promeruerimus obsequiis, adulatione, patientia, natales ortus..." - T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Publilius ob aes alienum paternum nexum dedisset, quae aetas formaque misericordiam elicere poterant, ad libidinem et contumeliam animum..." - P
Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...patrem honor. Quidam sanctiorem artioremque hunc nexum sanguinis arbitrantur et in accipiendis obsidibus magis exigunt, tamquam et animum..."
