obnixus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect active participle of obnītor.

Participle

obnīxus (feminine obnīxa, neuter obnīxum); first/second-declension participle

  1. struggled against
  2. resisted, opposed
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.331–332:
      Dīxerat. Ille Iovis monitīs immōta tenēbat
      lūmina, et obnīxus cūram sub corde premēbat.
      had spoken. Aeneas – mindful of Jupiter’s – held his gaze steady, and resisted the grief concealed in his heart.
      (Similar to: Aeneid 1.208-209.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative obnīxus obnīxa obnīxum obnīxī obnīxae obnīxa
genitive obnīxī obnīxae obnīxī obnīxōrum obnīxārum obnīxōrum
dative obnīxō obnīxae obnīxō obnīxīs
accusative obnīxum obnīxam obnīxum obnīxōs obnīxās obnīxa
ablative obnīxō obnīxā obnīxō obnīxīs
vocative obnīxe obnīxa obnīxum obnīxī obnīxae obnīxa

References

  • “obnixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “obnixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obnixus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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