conexio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cōnexĭo (conn-), ōnis, f. [conecto], t. t.

I A binding together, close union , etc.: scutorum, armorum (in a testudo), Isid. Orig. 18, 12, 6; Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 517. —

II Esp.

A An organic union; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 35, 13 Müll.: animae et corporis nostri, Ambros. in Psa. 118, 7, § 7.—

B In philos. lang. (almost confined to Quint.), a conclusion, a logical sequence , Quint. 5, 14, 6; 17; 19; 22 sq.—*

III In gram., a syllable , Charis. p. 1 P.