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
- T
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..." - G
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..."