nex

See also: NEX and nex'

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛks

Adjective

nex (not comparable)

1. Archaic form of next.

Anagrams

• xen-

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /neks/, [nɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neks/, [nɛks]

Noun

nex f (genitive necis); third declension

1. murder, slaughter, killing, violent death (as opposed to mors)

   Synonyms: lētum, homicīdium, occīsiō, excidium, iugulum, occīdiō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nex	necēs
Genitive	necis	necum
Dative	necī	necibus
Accusative	necem	necēs
Ablative	nece	necibus
Vocative	nex	necēs

Related terms

• necō
• noceō
• noxa
• pernecō

 

Descendants

• Sardinian: neche, neghe

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)

1. nexus

Declension

Declension of nex

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) nex	nexul	(niște) nexuri	nexurile
genitive/dative	(unui) nex	nexului	(unor) nexuri	nexurilor
vocative	nexule		nexurilor

Further reading

• nex in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)