Definition of nitor
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Orthography ID = 1010514
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LEM
nītor, nītī, nīxus sum
-, -, nīsus sum
CNI-
deponent verb (3rd conjugation)
  1. to bear upon, press upon, lean, support oneself
  2. to make way, press forward, advance, mount, climb, fly
  3. to strain in giving birth, bring forth
  4. [figuratively] to strive, put forth exertion, make an effort, labor, endeavor
  5. to contend, insist
  6. to rest, rely, depend upon
Abbreviations
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 aere, 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?
 
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