connexion Copy link Outline I. Connectedness, conjunction1. collĭgātio (linking together)2. contextus, ūs (lit. a framing together; hence of the connectedness of a system, etc.)3. conjunctio4. sĕries, ēi (usu. concrete5. contĭnuātio6. sŏcĭĕtas7. rătioII. Intimacy, arising from affinity, friendship, etc.1. nĕcessĭtūdo, ĭnis, f.2. fămĭliārĭtas (intimate c.)3. sŏcĭĕtas4. affīnĭtas (by marriage)III. Concrete • connexion: I. Connectedness, conjunction: 1. collĭgātio (linking together): c. of all causes, c. causarum omnium, Cic. 2. contextus, ūs (lit. a framing together; hence of the connectedness of a system, etc.): there is a wonderful c. between the parts of their (the Stoics') system, mirabilis est apud illos c. rerum, Cic.: c. of things and words, c. rerum et verborum, Quint. 3. conjunctio: the c. of letters with one another, literarum inter se c., Quint.: of logical c.: Cic. 4. sĕries, ēi (usu. concrete: the things so connected): there is a marvellous c. between things, est admirabilis quaedam continuatio seriesque rerum, Cic. N. D. 1, 4, fin. (see the passage). 5. contĭnuātio: used by Cic. with series: v. supr. 6. sŏcĭĕtas: v. infr. (II. 3). 7. rătio: i. e. relation to: what c. of peace can there be with the man? pacis quae potest cum eo esse r.? Cic. Phr.: having a c. with, connexus, conjunctus, etc.: to bring about a c. between things, colligare, consociare, etc.: v. to connect: these things have a very close c. with each other, *mirum in modum haec inter se cohaerent. II. Intimacy, arising from affinity, friendship, etc.: 1. nĕcessĭtūdo, ĭnis, f.: to form a c. with any one, n. cum aliquo conjungere, Cic.: to have some c. or relationship with any one, habere cum aliquo aliquam n. aut cognationem, Cic. 2. fămĭliārĭtas (intimate c.): v. friendship. 3. sŏcĭĕtas: no c. with tyrants, nulla s. cum tyrannis, Cic. Fig.: the c. of dignity with refinement, s. gravitatis cum humanitate, Cic. 4. affīnĭtas (by marriage): to form a c. by marriage, af. jungere cum aliquo, Liv.; contrahere, Vell.; venire in, Cic. Miscell. phr.: we have no c. with you, tecum nil rei nobis, Ter.: he promised that thereafter he would have no c. with that actress, pollicitus est sibi cum illa mima posthac nihil futurum esse, Cic.: the death of Agrippa brought Nero into closer c. with Caesar, mors Agrippae admovit propius Neronem Caesari, Vell.: by c. and intermarriages (of a state), annexu connubiisque, Tac.: what is my c. with Caesar? quae mihi est ratio et causa cum Caesare? Cic.: to speak without c., hiantia loqui, Cic. III. Concrete: a c. by marriage: affīnis: Cic. Phr.: in choosing marriage c.s, caution must be used, in conditionibus deligendis ponendus calculus est, Plin. ep.