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nexo

nexo, to twine, coil

nexo, xŭi and xi, 3 (also of the first conj., acc. to Prisc. 9, 6, 33, p. 860 sq.; 10, 8, 48, p. 904; Diom. 1, p. 366; and in the reading: nexantem nodis seque in sua membra plicantem, Verg. A. 5, 279 Conington; but here the better reading is nixantem, Rib. and Forbig. ad loc.; cf. also Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 421 sq.), v. freq. a. [necto],
  • to tie or bind together, to interlace, entwine (ante-class.): nexebant multa inter se, Liv. Andr. ap. Diom. p. 366 P., and ap. Prisc. p. 861 P.: omnibus manicas neximus, Att. ib. (Trag. Rel. v. 130 Rib.).

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