nexum

Definitiones

1. a bond secured upon the personal liberty of the debtor after having failed to cover for an earlier security, which made him a slave (nexus) of his master creditor
   Ancient-Rome, declension-2, neuter
2. accusative singular of nexus (substantive)
   accusative, form-of, singular
3. accusative singular of nexus (action noun)
   accusative, form-of, singular

Exempla

“Fuerat fortasse aliqua ratio maioribus nostris in illo aere alieno⟳ medendi, quae neque Solonem Atheniensem non longis temporibus ante fugerat, neque post aliquanto nostrum senatum, cum sunt propter unius libidinem omnia nexa civium liberata nectierque postea desitum, […]”

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