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Latin
Etymology
Perfect active participle of nītor (“I rest upon”).
Pronunciation
Participle
nīxus (feminine nīxa, neuter nīxum); first/second-declension participle
- rested upon, leaned on, having rested upon
- pressed forward, advanced, having advanced
- mounted, climbed, ascended, having been mounted
- strained in giving birth, having strained in giving birth
- (figuratively) struggled, endeavoured, having struggled
- (figuratively) contended in argument, argued, having argued
- (figuratively) rested, relied, depended upon, having depended upon
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Noun
nīxus m (genitive nīxūs); fourth declension
- alternative form of nīsus (pressure, strain)
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
References
- “nixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nixus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- nixus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- nixus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016