English

Noun

nexum ‎(uncountable)

1. A contract in early Ancient Rome in which the debtor pledged his own person as collateral should he default on his loan (thus risking becoming a slave to the creditor).

Latin

Participle

nexum

1. nominative neuter singular of nexus
2. accusative masculine singular of nexus
3. accusative neuter singular of nexus
4. vocative neuter singular of nexus

References

• nexum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nexum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nexum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• nexum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nexum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin