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
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..."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..."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..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Publilius ob aes alienum paternum nexum dedisset, quae aetas formaque misericordiam elicere poterant, ad libidinem et contumeliam animum..."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..."
