obnixis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obnixus, obnixa, obnixum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
resolute, determined; obstinate;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - Entry →obnitor, obniti, obnixus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
thrust/press against; struggle against, offer resistance; make a stand;
abl. pl. perf. part.dat. pl. perf. part.
Examples
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...quid alternus uultus pallorque ruborque mutat, et obnixi frangunt mala murmura dentes? me miseram! uinces? prius haec tamen..."Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...hinc grauius fremit Hippomedontis adempti orba cohors; praebent obnixi corpora ferro, idem ardor rabidis externum haurire cruorem..."Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...sole dies miscet tenebras, quis protinus unda concolor; obnixi lacerant caua nubila uenti diripiuntque fretum, nigris redit umida..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ambobus honos unusque ab origine sanguis; ardua conlatis obnixi cornua miscent frontibus alternaque truces moriuntur..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...crebros ictus ora et caua tempora circum obnixi ingeminant, telorum aut grandinis instar Rhipaeae, flexoque genu uacua ilia..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...illi inter sese multa vi vulnera miscent cornuaque obnixi infigunt et sanguine largo colla armosque lavant, gemitu nemus..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...haesit. concussae cautes et acuto in murice remi obnixi crepuere inlisaque prora pependit. consurgunt nautae et magno clamore..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...ingentes animos angusto in pectore versant, usque adeo obnixi non cedere, dum gravis aut hos aut hos versa..."