nisi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nitor, niti, nisus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
press/lean upon; struggle; advance; depend on (with abl.); strive, labor;
gen. sg. perf. part.gen. sg. perf. part.nom. pl. perf. part.voc. pl. perf. part. - Entry →nisus, nisus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
pressing upon/down; pressure, push; endeavor; exertion; strong muscular effort;
gen. sg. - Entry →nisi:
Conjunction
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
if not; except, unless;
Examples
- P
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...praefigunt capita et multo clamore sequuntur Euryali et Nisi. Aeneadae duri murorum in parte sinistra opposuere aciem..." - P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...oratis? equidem et vivis concedere vellem. nec veni, nisi fata locum sedemque dedissent, nec bellum cum gente gero..." - P
Ecloga VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...plus iactet Apollo." Quid loquar aut Scyllam Nisi, quam fama secuta est candida succinctam latrantibus inguina monstris Dulichias..." - P
Ecloga VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...magicis sanos auertere sacris experiar sensus: nihil hic nisi carmina desunt. Ducite ab urbe domum, mea carmina, ducite..." - P
Ecloga IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...Martia, quantum Chaonias dicunt aquila ueniente columbas. Quod nisi me quacumque nouas incidere litis ante sinistra caua monuisset..." - P
Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...culta infelix lolium et steriles dominantur auenae. quod nisi et adsiduis herbam insectabere rastris et sonitu terrebis auis..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...cathamitum Quis hoc potest videre, quis potest pati, nisi impudicus et vorax et aleo, Mamurram habere quod Comata..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...parentis condidimus terra maestasque sacravimus aras; iamque dies, nisi fallor, adest, quem semper acerbum, semper honoratum..."