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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin nōdus (a knot). Doublet of knot, knout, and node.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -əʊdəs

Noun

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nodus (plural nodi)

  1. A difficulty.
  2. (zoology) In the Odonata, a prominent crossvein near the centre of the leading edge of a wing.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Uncertain.[1] Per De Vaan, potentially a loanword; it is possibly related to nassa (fish-trap made of wickerwork) and necto (I bind).[1]

One theory derives it from Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (to bind) and makes it cognate to Proto-Germanic *knuttô (knot) (whence Modern English knot).

Another theory derives it from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (to turn, twist, knot), whence English net and possibly nettle, Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬐𐬀- (naska-, bundle), Old Irish nascim (to bind).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nōdus m (genitive nōdī); second declension

  1. a knot (in rope)
  2. a knot (in wood)
  3. a knob
  4. a bond
  5. an obligation
  6. a sticking point
  7. (in the plural) a knotted fishing net

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nōdus nōdī
Genitive nōdī nōdōrum
Dative nōdō nōdīs
Accusative nōdum nōdōs
Ablative nōdō nōdīs
Vocative nōde nōdī

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Descendants

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  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: nod, nodu
    • Romanian: nod
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Padanian:
  • Northern Gallo Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Sardinian:
  • Vulgar Latin: *nūdus
  • Borrowings:

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nōdus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 412

Further reading

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  • nodus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nodus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nodus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • nodus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • nodus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin