nitier
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nitor, niti, nisus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
press/lean upon; struggle; advance; depend on (with abl.); strive, labor;
pres. infin.
Examples
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...quae pondera sunt sub terris omnia sursum nitier in terraque retro requiescere posta, ut per aquas quae nunc..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...sine te domus liberos dare, nec parens stirpe nitier; ac potest te volente. quis huic deo compararier ausit..."