nitibundus

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Latin

Etymology

nītor (“rest on, lean on”) +‎ -bundus

Pronunciation

Adjective

nītibundus (feminine nītibunda, neuter nītibundum); first/second-declension adjective

(with ablative)
  1. (post-classical) pressing against, straining, striving
  2. relying upon
  3. (with pondus) oppressive, weighty

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative nītibundus nītibunda nītibundum nītibundī nītibundae nītibunda
Genitive nītibundī nītibundae nītibundī nītibundōrum nītibundārum nītibundōrum
Dative nītibundō nītibundō nītibundīs
Accusative nītibundum nītibundam nītibundum nītibundōs nītibundās nītibunda
Ablative nītibundō nītibundā nītibundō nītibundīs
Vocative nītibunde nītibunda nītibundum nītibundī nītibundae nītibunda

References

  • “nitibundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nitibundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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