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|lshtext=<b>nīsus</b>: ūs, m. [[nitor]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[pressing]] or resting [[upon]] or [[against]], a [[pressure]]; a [[striving]], [[exertion]], [[labor]], [[effort]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].; [[nixus]] in [[good]] [[prose]], v. h. v.): pedetentim et sedato nisu, a [[tread]], [[step]], Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48: pinnarum [[nisus]] [[inanis]], a [[flight]], Lucr. 6, 834; so, insolitos docuere [[nisus]], Hor. C. 4, 4, 8: hic dea se [[primum]] rapido pulcherrima nisu Sistit, Verg. A. 11, 852: stat [[gravis]] [[Entellus]] nisuque [[immotus]] [[eodem]], etc., in the [[same]] [[posture]], id. ib. 5, 437: hunc [[stirps]] Oceani maturis nisibus [[Aethra]] Edidit, pains, throes, [[labor]] of [[parturition]] (v. 2. [[nixus]]), Ov. F. 5, 171.—In [[prose]]: [[tamquam]] [[nisus]] evomentis adjuvaret, retchings, Tac. A. 12, 67: uti [[prospectus]] nisusque per saxa facilius foret, Sall. J. 94, 1 Dietsch: quae dubia nisu videbantur, id. ib. 94, 2 Dietsch: non pervenit nisu sed impetu, Quint. 8, 4, 9; 1, 12, 10. | |||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nīsus: a, um, Part., from nitor.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nīsus: ūs, m. nitor,
I a pressing or resting upon or against, a pressure; a striving, exertion, labor, effort (mostly poet.; nixus in good prose, v. h. v.): pedetentim et sedato nisu, a tread, step, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48: pinnarum nisus inanis, a flight, Lucr. 6, 834; so, insolitos docuere nisus, Hor. C. 4, 4, 8: hic dea se primum rapido pulcherrima nisu Sistit, Verg. A. 11, 852: stat gravis Entellus nisuque immotus eodem, etc., in the same posture, id. ib. 5, 437: hunc stirps Oceani maturis nisibus Aethra Edidit, pains, throes, labor of parturition (v. 2. nixus), Ov. F. 5, 171.—In prose: tamquam nisus evomentis adjuvaret, retchings, Tac. A. 12, 67: uti prospectus nisusque per saxa facilius foret, Sall. J. 94, 1 Dietsch: quae dubia nisu videbantur, id. ib. 94, 2 Dietsch: non pervenit nisu sed impetu, Quint. 8, 4, 9; 1, 12, 10.
