I.inf. pass. nectier, Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59), 3, v. a. with neo, kindr. to Sanscr. nah, ligare, nectere, and Gr. νέω, νήθω, 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.
