nixus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect active participle of nītor (“I rest upon”).

Pronunciation

Participle

nīxus (feminine nīxa, neuter nīxum); first/second-declension participle

  1. rested upon, leaned on, having rested upon
  2. pressed forward, advanced, having advanced
  3. mounted, climbed, ascended, having been mounted
  4. strained in giving birth, having strained in giving birth
  5. (figuratively) struggled, endeavoured, having struggled
  6. (figuratively) contended in argument, argued, having argued
  7. (figuratively) rested, relied, depended upon, having depended upon

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative nīxus nīxa nīxum nīxī nīxae nīxa
Genitive nīxī nīxae nīxī nīxōrum nīxārum nīxōrum
Dative nīxō nīxō nīxīs
Accusative nīxum nīxam nīxum nīxōs nīxās nīxa
Ablative nīxō nīxā nīxō nīxīs
Vocative nīxe nīxa nīxum nīxī nīxae nīxa

Noun

nīxus m (genitive nīxūs); fourth declension

  1. alternative form of nīsus (pressure, strain)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nīxus nīxūs
Genitive nīxūs nīxuum
Dative nīxuī nīxibus
Accusative nīxum nīxūs
Ablative nīxū nīxibus
Vocative nīxus nīxūs

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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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