necto

See also: něčto

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly related to nōdus (“knot”) and/or nassa (“a narrow-necked basket for catching fish”). The ending may be analogous to that found in plectō (“plait, weave, braid”)[1] or pectō (“comb wool”).[2]

More information

The following roots and cognates have been proposed:

Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”), making it cognate to Proto-Germanic *knuttô (“knot”) (whence Modern English knot), and possibly Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “a jaw”).
Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”), whence English net, Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬐𐬀- (naska-, “bundle”), Old Irish nascaid (“to bind”).[2] This in turn is sometimes interpreted as being connected to Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“spin, sew”), the root of Latin neō (“spin, weave”).[1] The root of these forms has alternatively been reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *neh₃d-.[3]
Proto-Indo-European *h₁nedʰ- (“to tie together”) (alternatively reconstructed as *Hnadʰ-[4] or *nedʰ-[5]), whence (possibly) Sanskrit नह्यति (nahyati) and Proto-Germanic *nastijaną.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”)[4]
Proto-Indo-European *h₁neǵʰ- (“to pierce”), the root of Old Church Slavonic ножь (nožĭ, “knife, dagger”), Proto-Slavic *nizati (“to string (to put (items) on a string)”).[3]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnek.toː/, [ˈnɛkt̪oː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnek.to/, [ˈnɛkt̪o]

Verb

nectō (present infinitive nectere, perfect active nexī, supine nexum); third conjugation

to connect, interweave, attach, unite; relate
Synonyms: cōnectō, iungō, vinciō
to bind, tie, fasten
Synonyms: cōnectō, colligō, adalligō, cōnfīgō, cōnserō, dēligō, ligō, illigō, alligō, dēfīgō, fīgō, vinculō, dēstinō

Antonyms: explicō, absolvō, dissolvō, solvō
to bind by obligation, oblige, make liable
to contrive, devise, compose, produce
Synonym: dēdūcō

Conjugation

The third principal part may be nexī or nexuī.

Conjugation of nectō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nectō	nectis	nectit	nectimus	nectitis	nectunt
	imperfect	nectēbam	nectēbās	nectēbat	nectēbāmus	nectēbātis	nectēbant
	future	nectam	nectēs	nectet	nectēmus	nectētis	nectent
	perfect	nexī	nexistī	nexit	neximus	nexistis	nexērunt, nexēre
	pluperfect	nexeram	nexerās	nexerat	nexerāmus	nexerātis	nexerant
	future perfect	nexerō	nexeris	nexerit	nexerimus	nexeritis	nexerint
passive	present	nector	necteris, nectere	nectitur	nectimur	nectiminī	nectuntur
	imperfect	nectēbar	nectēbāris, nectēbāre	nectēbātur	nectēbāmur	nectēbāminī	nectēbantur
	future	nectar	nectēris, nectēre	nectētur	nectēmur	nectēminī	nectentur
	perfect	nexus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	nexus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	nexus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nectam	nectās	nectat	nectāmus	nectātis	nectant
	imperfect	necterem	necterēs	necteret	necterēmus	necterētis	necterent
	perfect	nexerim	nexerīs	nexerit	nexerīmus	nexerītis	nexerint
	pluperfect	nexissem	nexissēs	nexisset	nexissēmus	nexissētis	nexissent
passive	present	nectar	nectāris, nectāre	nectātur	nectāmur	nectāminī	nectantur
	imperfect	necterer	necterēris, necterēre	necterētur	necterēmur	necterēminī	necterentur
	perfect	nexus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	nexus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	necte	—	—	nectite	—
active	future	—	nectitō	nectitō	—	nectitōte	nectuntō
passive	present	—	nectere	—	—	nectiminī	—
passive	future	—	nectitor	nectitor	—	—	nectuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nectere	nexisse	nexūrum esse	nectī	nexum esse	nexum īrī
participles		nectēns	—	nexūrus	—	nexus	nectendus, nectundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		nectendī	nectendō	nectendum	nectendō	nexum	nexū

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Per Persson (1912) Beiträge zur indogermanischen Wortforschung, page 815
J. P. Mallory, D. Q. Adams (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World, page 234
Ranko Matasović (2017) “Latin presents in -t- and the etymologies of necto ‘to weave, bind’ and flecto ‘to bend, curve’”, in Pallas‎, volume 103, →DOI, pages 37-44
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nectō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 404
Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 481