nise
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nitor, niti, nisus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
press/lean upon; struggle; advance; depend on (with abl.); strive, labor;
voc. sg. perf. part.
Examples
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...adfatur amicum: 'mene igitur socium summis adiungere rebus, Nise, fugis? solum te in tanta pericula mittam..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...iuvencae] qui te progenuit, taurus fuit. exige poenas, Nise pater! gaudete malis, modo prodita, nostris, moenia! nam, fateor..."