adnisus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adnitor, adniti, adnisus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
lean/rest upon, support oneself, (w/genibus) kneel; strive, work, exert, try;
nom. sg. perf. part.
Examples
XIX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...consumpseram, viribus, manibus, telis totoque corpore pariter adnisus, antequam mentiretur, occidi. Misera temporis illius recordatio! deficientem in manibus..."Liber V
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Antiochus demere superstitionem et mores Graecorum dare adnisus, quo minus taeterrimam gentem in melius mutaret, Parthorum bello prohibitus..."