nitens
From LSJ
κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
nītens: entis,
I pressing upon or against, Part. from nitor.
nĭtens: entis,
I shining, Part. and P a., from niteo; v. niteo fin.
(1) nĭtēns,¹¹ tis, part.-adj. de niteo, brillant, éclatant : Hor. O. 2, 7, 7 ; Virg. En. 1, 228 ; Liv. 9, 40, 5