obnixae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obnixus, obnixa, obnixum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
resolute, determined; obstinate;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.) - Entry →obnitor, obniti, obnixus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
thrust/press against; struggle against, offer resistance; make a stand;
dat. sg. perf. part.gen. sg. perf. part.nom. pl. perf. part.voc. pl. perf. part.
Examples
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...resumit Chalciopes. quando ardor hebet leviorque pudori mensque obnixa malo, tenues sublimis in auras tollitur et fulvo Venerem..."Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...caput ingentem campis hostilibus umbram fert abies obnixa genu vaditque virum vi, vadit equum, docilis relegi docilisque relinqui..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...minax ensis, pede pes et cuspide cuspis: sic obnixa acies pariter suspiria fumant, admotaeque nitent aliena in casside..."Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...medio coniunx stat candida prato uictorem expectans, rumpunt obnixa furentes pectora, subdit amor stimulos et uulnera sanat: fulmineo..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...nubila, non mare cedit; anceps pugna diu, stant obnixa omnia contra: haud aliter Troianae acies aciesque Latinae concurrunt..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...herbas convectant calle angusto; pars grandia trudunt obnixae frumenta umeris, pars agmina cogunt castigantque moras, opere omnis semita..."