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English
Pronunciation
Adjective
nex (not comparable)
- Archaic form of next.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *neks, from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”). Cognate with Welsh angau (“death”), Breton ankou, Old Irish éc, Ancient Greek νέκυς (nékus, “corpse”), Old Persian 𐎻𐎴𐎰𐎹𐎫𐎹 (vi-n-θ-y-t-y /vi-nathayatiy/, “he injures”), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (nasiieiti, “disappears”), 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬎- (nasu-, “corpse”), Sanskrit नश्यति (naśyati, “disappear, perish”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nex f (genitive necis); third declension
- murder, slaughter, killing, violent death (as opposed to mors)
- Synonyms: lētum, homicīdium, occīsiō, excidium, iugulum, occīdiō
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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Descendants
References
- “nex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nexus.
Noun
nex n (plural nexuri)
- nexus
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