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an-necto (better adn- ), nexui, nexum, 3, v. a.,
I.to tie or bind to, to connect, annex.
I. Lit.: (animum) corporibus nostris, * Lucr. 3, 688: “funiculus scapham adnexam trahebat,” Cic. Inv. 2, 51: “ad linguam stomachus adnectitur,” id. N. D. 2, 54; Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 770: “adnexa (ratis) erat vinculis,” Liv. 21, 28: “continenti adnexuit,” Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 117, where Jan reads adjecit: “epistulae adnexae pedibus columbarum,” id. 10, 37, 53, § 110; Suet. Oth. 12: “remedia corporibus aegrorum,” to apply, Val. Max. 2, 5 fin.—
II. Trop.: “rebus praesentibus adnectit futuras,” Cic. Off. 1, 4: “aliquod membrum adnexum orationi,” id. Inv. 1, 18; cf. id. Top. 13.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Suetonius, Otho, 12
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.688
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 28
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.54
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.4
    • Cicero, Topica, 13
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 2.5
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.18
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 2.51
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