niso
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nitor, niti, nisus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
press/lean upon; struggle; advance; depend on (with abl.); strive, labor;
abl. sg. perf. part.abl. sg. perf. part.dat. sg. perf. part.dat. sg. perf. part.
Examples
- P
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...illi succedunt servantque vices; statione relicta ipse comes Niso graditur regemque requirunt. Cetera per terras omnis animalia somno..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...praemia victis, et te lapsorum miseret, quae munera Niso digna dabis, primam merui qui laude coronam..." - P
Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...retorto Auroram versis Phoebus adisset equis. Filia purpureos Niso furata capillos Pube premit rabidos inguinibusque canes. Qui Martem..."