I. Prop., a joining or connecting together; hence, in concr., a band, knot, joint, seam, juncture, commissure (class.): “commissura funis,” Cato, R. R. 135, 4; cf. “nodorum,” Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 2: “molles digitorum,” Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: “mirabiles ossium,” id. ib. 2, 55, 139; id. Univ. 7 fin.: “navium,” Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158: “nucum,” id. 17, 10, 11, § 64: “colorum,” a mingling, id. 35, 5, 11, § 29; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 4: “Piscium,” the knot in the constellation Pisces, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311: “vitis,” Col. 3, 17, 4; id. Arb. 26, 9.—
II. In Quint. transf., connection in discourse, Quint. 12, 9, 17; cf. id. 7, 10, 16; 9, 4, 90: “verborum,” id. 9, 4, 37.