nex

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛks

Adjective

nex

1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of next.

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nek (“death, natural death”); see also Welsh angeu (“death”), Breton ankou, Old Irish ec, Latin noxius (“harmful”), Latin nocere (“to hurt, harm”), Latin necis (“murder, violent death”) (as opposed to mors), Old Persian vi-nathayatiy (“he injures”), Avestan nasyeiti (“disappears”), nasu- (“corpse”), Sanskrit नश्यति (naśyati, “disappear, perish”).

Noun

nex (genitive necis); f, third declension

1. death, slaughter, violent death

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	nex	necēs
genitive	necis	necum
dative	necī	necibus
accusative	necem	necēs
ablative	nece	necibus
vocative	nex	necēs