nisu
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. - Entry →nisus, nisus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
pressing upon/down; pressure, push; endeavor; exertion; strong muscular effort;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...manum; sed eam grauis insuper ictusamputat; illa tamen nisu, quo prenderat, haesitderiguitque tenens strictis inmortua neruis.creuit in aduersis..." - A
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...inter sese et quasi mutuo adverso quaeque fulta nisu consistere; nullum adeo contrarium est sine contrario altero..." - A
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...ignorans invaderet, diduxit adulescens os clamare nitens eoque nisu atque impetu spiritus vitium nodumque linguae rupit planeque..." - T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...labens. nam modice fluere atque uno posse aethera nisu significat Pontos, mare certo quod fluit aestu unum labendi..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...tympana pondere magno commovet atque levi sustollit machina nisu. Nunc quibus ille modis somnus per membra quietem inriget..." - L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...latebas corpore exieris? Haeres, reluctaris:tum quoque magno nisu matris expulsus es. Gemis, ploras: et hoc ipsum flerenascentis..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...uices uehiculorum plurium tracta sunt et rotae maiore nisu in salebras inciderunt, terram concuti senties. [22,2] Asclepiodotus..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...amictus inseruitque manus terrae nec pondere solo sed nisu iacuit, uix sic inmobilis Austro; qui super ingentis cumulos..."