connect Copy link Outline 1. connecto., nexui, nexum, 3 (with cum inter and pron. reflect., or dat.)2. cōpŭlo, 1 (constr. usu. with cum)3. conjungo4. contexo, xui, textum, 3 (to frame together)5. sĕro, sĕrui, sertum, 3 (of things arranged in succession, esp. in philosoph. sense)6. applĭco, 1 (with ad or dat.)7. collĭgo, 1 (bind together) • connect: 1. connecto., nexui, nexum, 3 (with cum inter and pron. reflect., or dat.): to c. friendship with pleasure, amicitiam cum voluptate c., Cic.: all things are c.'d and fitted to one another, omnia inter se connexa et apta sunt, Cic.: he was preparing to c. the Moselle and the Saone by a canal, Mosellam atque Ararim, facta inter utrumque fossa c. parabat, Tac. 2. cōpŭlo, 1 (constr. usu. with cum): to c. (lit. to tie together) virtue and pleasure, like a man and a beast, honestatem cum voluptate, tanquam hominem cum bellua c., Cic.: v. to unite. 3. conjungo: v. to join. 4. contexo, xui, textum, 3 (to frame together): these beams were c.'d by timber placed length-wise upon them, haec tigna, directa materie injecta, contexebantur, Caes.: to c. the last with the first, extrema cum primis c., Cic.: Quint. 5. sĕro, sĕrui, sertum, 3 (of things arranged in succession, esp. in philosoph. sense): the unchangeable succession of human affairs is c.'d by the law of fate, fati lege immobilis rerum humanarum ordo seritur, Liv.: cause c.'d with cause, causa causam serens, Cic. 6. applĭco, 1 (with ad or dat.): v. to attach. 7. collĭgo, 1 (bind together): all things are adapted to and c.'d with one another, res omnes inter se aptae colligataeque sunt, Cic. Phr.: to be joined and c.'d by a bridge (of two parts of a town), ponte adjungi et contineri, Cic.: c.'d with any one in intimate friendship, familiari amicitia alicui illigatus, Liv.: Cic.; also implicatus, conjunctus, Cic.: c.'d closely or intimately together, conjuncti inter se atque implicati, Cic.: Caes.: L. Gallus lived so long that he was intimately c.'d with orators of many ages, L. Gallus ita diu vixit ut multarum aetatum oratoribus implicaretur, Cic. See also foll. art.