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Nexus
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Nex′us
,Noun.
[L.]
Connection; tie.
Man is doubtless one by some subtile
nexus
. . . extending from the new-born infant to the superannuated dotard. De Quincey.
Definition 2024
nexus
nexus
English
Noun
nexus (plural nexuses or nexus)
- a form of connection
- a connected group
- the centre of something
Usage notes
The Latin plural form (written nexûs or nexūs) is sometimes used in academic discussions of process philosophy (see 
Nexus (process philosophy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ).
Synonyms
Translations
connection
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connected group
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centre of something
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of nectō (“bind”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnek.sus/
Participle
nexus m (feminine nexa, neuter nexum); first/second declension
- bound, tied, fastened, connected, interwoven, having been bound.
- bound by obligation, obliged, made liable, pledged, having been obliged.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | nexus | nexa | nexum | nexī | nexae | nexa | |
| genitive | nexī | nexae | nexī | nexōrum | nexārum | nexōrum | |
| dative | nexō | nexō | nexīs | ||||
| accusative | nexum | nexam | nexum | nexōs | nexās | nexa | |
| ablative | nexō | nexā | nexō | nexīs | |||
| vocative | nexe | nexa | nexum | nexī | nexae | nexa | |
Noun
nexus m (genitive nexūs); fourth declension
- The act of binding, tying or fastening together.
- Something which binds; bond, joint, binding, fastening; connection; nexus.
- A personal obligation of a debtor.
- A legal obligation.
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nexus | nexūs |
| genitive | nexūs | nexuum |
| dative | nexuī | nexibus |
| accusative | nexum | nexūs |
| ablative | nexū | nexibus |
| vocative | nexus | nexūs |
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References
- nexus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nexus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nexus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- concatenation, interdependence of causes: rerum causae aliae ex aliis nexae
- systematic succession, concatenation: continuatio seriesque rerum, ut alia ex alia nexa et omnes inter se aptae colligataeque sint (N. D. 1. 4. 9)
- the connection: sententiae inter se nexae
- the connection: contextus orationis (not nexus, conexus sententiarum)
- concatenation, interdependence of causes: rerum causae aliae ex aliis nexae
- nexus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016