conexus

conexus

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[1], 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