conexus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From cōnectō +‎ -tus (tu-stem abstract suffix).

Noun

cōnexus m (genitive cōnexūs); fourth declension

  1. (Lucretian) combination, connection
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cōnexus cōnexūs
genitive cōnexūs cōnexuum
dative cōnexuī cōnexibus
accusative cōnexum cōnexūs
ablative cōnexū cōnexibus
vocative cōnexus cōnexūs
Descendants
  • German: Konnex

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of cōnectō.

Participle

cōnexus (feminine cōnexa, neuter cōnexum); first/second-declension participle

  1. connected, linked, fastened
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

References

  • conexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • conexus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the connection: contextus orationis (not nexus, conexus sententiarum)
    • (ambiguous) to be closely connected with each other: conexum et aptum esse inter se