nexus

nexus

Perfect passive participle of nectō (“bind”).

Participle

nexus (feminine nexa, neuter nexum); first/second-declension participle

1. bound, tied, fastened, connected, interwoven, having been bound.
2. bound by obligation, obliged, made liable, pledged, having been obliged.
3. (nominalized, masculine, Ancient Rome, law) debtors who, having failed to cover the security they owed to their creditor, were enslaved to them as bondsmen (the practice was abolished in 326 BC, see quotes)

   Coordinate term: nexum

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nexus	nexa	nexum		nexī	nexae	nexa
genitive	nexī	nexae	nexī		nexōrum	nexārum	nexōrum
dative	nexō	nexae	nexō		nexīs
accusative	nexum	nexam	nexum		nexōs	nexās	nexa
ablative	nexō	nexā	nexō		nexīs
vocative	nexe	nexa	nexum		nexī	nexae	nexa

Etymology 2

From nectō +‎ -tus (forming action nouns).

Noun

nexus m (genitive nexūs); fourth declension

1. (abstract) the act of binding, tying or fastening together

   Synonym: nexiō

2. (concrete) something which binds; bond, joint, binding, fastening; nexus

   Synonym: iunctūra

3. connection

   Synonym: nexilitās

4. a personal obligation of a debtor
5. a legal obligation

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nexus	nexūs
genitive	nexūs	nexuum
dative	nexuī	nexibus
accusative	nexum	nexūs
ablative	nexū	nexibus
vocative	nexus	nexūs