English

Adjective

nex

1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of next

Proper noun

nex

1. (military, US) An abbreviation for Navy Exchange, a department store chain operated by the United States Navy exclusively for current and former members of the United States Military, military families, allies of the United States, and certain other individuals.

   I'm going to the Nex to do my Christmas shopping.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *neks, from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- ‎(“perish, disappear”). Cognate with Middle Welsh angheu ‎(“death”), Breton ankou, Old Irish éc, Ancient Greek νέκυς ‎(nékus, “corpse”), Old Persian 𐎻𐎴𐎰𐎹𐎫𐎹 ‎(vi-nathayatiy, “he injures”), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 ‎(nasyeiti, “disappears”), 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬎 ‎(nasu-, “corpse”), Sanskrit नश्यति ‎(naśyati, “disappear, perish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /neks/, [nɛks]

Noun

nex f ‎(genitive necis); third declension

1. murder, slaughter, killing
2. violent death (as opposed to mors)

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• necō
• noceō

References

• nex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nex”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.