nītor nīxus (usu. in lit. sense) and nīsus (usu. fig.), ī, dep.
CNI-,
to bear upon, press upon, lean, support oneself
: niti modo ac statim concidere,
strive to rise
, S.: stirpibus suis niti:
mulierculā nixus: hastā, V.: nixus baculo, O.: cothurno,
strut
, H.: nixi genibus,
on their knees
, L.: nixus in hastam,
V.: humi nitens, V.—
To make way, press forward, advance, mount, climb, fly
: serpentes, simul ac primum niti possunt: nituntur
gradibus, V.: ad sidera,
V.: in aëre, O.:
in adversum, O.: niti
corporibus,
struggle
, S.—
To strain in giving birth, bring forth
: nitor,
am in labor
, O.— Fig.,
to strive, put forth exertion, make an effort, labor, endeavor
: virtute et patientiā nitebantur,
Cs.: tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur: pro
libertate summā ope niti, S.: ad sollicitandas civitates, Cs.: ne
gravius in eum consuleretur, S.: maxime,
ut, etc., N.: summā vi Cirtam
inrumpere nititur, S.: patriam
recuperare, N.: vestigia
ponere, O.: ad inmortalitatem: in
vetitum, O.—
To contend, insist
: nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi. —
To rest, rely, depend upon
: coniectura in quā nititur divinatio: cuius in
vitā nitebatur salus civitatis: quā (auctoritate) apud
exteras <*>ationes, Cs.: rebus iudicatis: quo confugies? ubi nitere?
