Noun: nectar
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Declension: Third
Sample Sentences
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[...] aut cum liquentia mella
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stīpant et dulcī distendunt nectare cellās,
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aut onera accipiunt venientum, [...]. ([…], or when [honeybees] press the liquid honey and swell the cells with sweet nectar, or gather the burdens of incoming [bees], ….) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.432–434]
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱ-tr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
νέκταρ'.
Verbs referencing "nectar"
English Nouns
nectar, French Nouns
nectar, Finnish Nouns
nektari, Italian Nouns
nettare, Galician Nouns
néctar, Spanish Nouns
néctar, Irish Nouns
neachtar.
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