nixum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nitor, niti, nixus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
press/lean upon; struggle; advance; depend on (with abl.); strive, labor;
acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. part.voc. sg. perf. part. - Entry →nixus, nixus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
straining; the efforts of childbirth (pl.), travail;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...oboedire cogit. Itaque uidistis philosophum ratione decreti sui nixum cum petulantia morbi dolorisque exultantia conluctantem, nihil cedentem, nihil..."Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...alterius ignis lumine sua vi et externa nixum efficere, ut, quaecumque offenderit inlustraveritque, cernamus. Sed hic aeque..."