obnixum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obnixus, obnixa, obnixum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
resolute, determined; obstinate;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →obnitor, obniti, obnixus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
thrust/press against; struggle against, offer resistance; make a stand;
acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. part.voc. sg. perf. part.
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...abstulit has liber uentis contraria uoluens aestus et obnixum uictor detrusit in Austrum. has uada destituunt, atque interrupta..." - L
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...tribuendum esset plena manudantem, ubi laborandum, pertinacem et obnixum et lassitudinem corporisanimo subleuantem. Praeterea idem erat semper..." - L
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...naufragio laudandus quem obruit mare clauum tenentem et obnixum. VII. 1. 'At enim naturale desiderium suorum est.' Quis..."