innecto

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ nectō.

Pronunciation

Verb

innectō (present infinitive innectere, perfect active innexuī, supine innexum); third conjugation

  1. to bind, tie, join, connect or fasten to, together or about
  2. (figuratively) to weave, frame, contrive
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.51:
      “[...] indulgē hospitiō, causāsque innecte morandī, [...].”
      “[Then, Dido,] you must give yourself up to [every] hospitality, and you must contrive pretexts for [Aeneas’s further] delays, [...].”
  3. (figuratively) to implicate, entangle

Conjugation

References

  • innecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • innecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • innecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • innecto in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016