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
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..."Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...inter sese et quasi mutuo adverso quaeque fulta nisu consistere; nullum adeo contrarium est sine contrario altero..."Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...ignorans invaderet, diduxit adulescens os clamare nitens eoque nisu atque impetu spiritus vitium nodumque linguae rupit planeque..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."