nectar
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”) + *-tr̥h₂ (“overcoming”), from *terh₂- (“to overcome, pass through, cross over”).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɛk.tə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɛk.təɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: nec‧tar
Noun
editnectar (countable and uncountable, plural nectars)
- (chiefly mythology) The drink of the gods. [from 16th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- They pourd in soveraine balme and Nectar good, / Good both for erthly med'cine and for hevenly food.
- (by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice. [from 16th c.]
- (botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds. [from 17th c.]
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editVerb
editnectar (third-person singular simple present nectars, present participle nectaring, simple past and past participle nectared)
- (intransitive) To feed on nectar.
- 2010, Robert Michael Pyle, Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year, page 123:
- On the lane below, more orangetips nectared on spring beauties and violets.
References
edit- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “nectar”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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Noun
editnectar m (plural nectars)
French
editEtymology
editFrom Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnectar m (plural nectars)
- nectar (all meanings)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Turkish: nektar
Further reading
edit- “nectar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnek.tar/, [ˈnɛkt̪är]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnek.tar/, [ˈnɛkt̪är]
Etymology 1
editFrom Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱ-tr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).
Noun
editnectar n sg (genitive nectaris); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | nectar |
genitive | nectaris |
dative | nectarī |
accusative | nectar |
ablative | nectare |
vocative | nectar |
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editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “nectar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nectar”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “nectar”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “nectar”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editnectar
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar) or French nectar.
Noun
editnectar n (plural nectaruri)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | nectar | nectarul | nectaruri | nectarurile | |
genitive-dative | nectar | nectarului | nectaruri | nectarurilor | |
vocative | nectarule | nectarurilor |
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