nōdus
Uncertain. Per De Vaan, potentially a loanword; it is possibly related to nassa (“fish-trap made of wickerwork”) and necto (“I bind”).
One theory derives it from Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”) and makes it cognate to Proto-Germanic *knuttô (“knot”) (whence Modern English knot).
Another theory derives it from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”), whence English net and possibly nettle, Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬐𐬀- (naska-, “bundle”), Old Irish nascim (“to bind”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnoː.dʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɔː.d̪us]
Noun
nōdus m (genitive nōdī); second declension
- a knot (in rope)
- a knot (in wood)
- a knob
- a bond
- an obligation
- a sticking point
- (in the plural) a knotted fishing net
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nōdus | nōdī |
| genitive | nōdī | nōdōrum |
| dative | nōdō | nōdīs |
| accusative | nōdum | nōdōs |
| ablative | nōdō | nōdīs |
| vocative | nōde | nōdī |