adnixus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adnixus, adnixa, adnixum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
vehement, strenuous;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →adnitor, adniti, adnixus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lean/rest upon, support oneself, (w/genibus) kneel; strive, work, exert, try;
nom. sg. perf. part.
Examples
- A
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...eius essent inbelles quidam et futtiles, summa ope adnixus est Fabricius, uti Rufino consulatus deferretur. Eam rem plerisque..." - P
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ille rudem nodis et cortice crudo intorquet summis adnixus viribus hastam; excepere aurae, vulnus Saturnia Iuno detorsit veniens..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...superest in fine Cloanthus, quem petit et summis adnixus viribus urget. Tum vero ingeminat clamor cunctique sequentem instigant..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fugat nubes, solemque reducit. Cymothoe simul et Triton adnixus acuto detrudunt navis scopulo; levat ipse tridenti; et vastas..."