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innecto

innecto, to twist, entangle, bind up, weave in, gather together, weave

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

innectō, nexuī, nexus, 3, a.: to bind, tie, 5.511; entwine, 7.353; link together; (fig.), devise, 4.51.
in-necto, nexŭi, nexum, 3 (innectier for innecti, Prud. Psych. 375), v. a., to tie, join, bind, attach, connect, or fasten to, together, or about.
  • I Lit.: paribus palmas amborum innexuit armis, Verg. A. 5, 425: colla auro, id. ib. 8, 661: tempora sertis, to deck, garland, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 3: fauces laqueo, to encircle, id. M. 10, 378: colla lacertis, id. ib. 11, 240: bracchia collo, Stat. Th. 4, 26: ambos innectens manibus, id. ib. 1, 511: mancipia compedibus, Col. 11, 1, 22: innecti cervicibus, to fasten upon, cling to, or embrace the neck, Tac. H. 4, 46; cf.: tunc placuit caesis innectere vincula silvis, Luc. 2, 670; v. Orelli ad Hor. Epod. 17, 72.— With acc.: nodos et vincula rupit, Queis innexa pedem malo pendebat ab alto, Verg. A. 5, 511: vipereum crinem vittis innexa cruentis, id. ib. 6, 281.—
  • II Trop.
    • A In gen., to connect one thing with another, adduce or devise successively, weave, frame, contrive: causas innecte morandi, Verg. A. 4, 51: moras, Stat. Th. 5, 743: fraudem clienti, Verg. A. 6, 609.—
    • B In partic.
      • 1 To entangle, implicate: innexus conscientiae alicujus, Tac. A. 3, 10.—
      • 2 To join, connect: Hyrcanis per affinitatem innexus erat, Tac. A. 6, 36: motus animi innexi implicatique vigoribus quibusdam mentium, Gell. 19, 2, 3: mentem, i. e. veneficio illigare, Sen. Hipp. 416.

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