obnixus
ἀλλ' οὐκ ἂν μαχέσαιτο· χέσαιτο γάρ, εἰ μαχέσαιτο → fighting is what she can't do, for if she should fight she would shit
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
obnixus: a, um, Part. and P. a., from obnitor.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obnīxus¹⁴ (-sus), a, um, part.-adj. de obnitor, ferme, inébranlable, obstiné : Liv. 6, 12, 8 ; Plin. 36, 105 || [advt] obnixus premebat Virg. En. 4, 332, il comprimait fermement... || obnixum, n. pris advt, obstinément : Aus. Ep. 25, 28.
Latin > German (Georges)
obnīxus, a, um, PAdi (v. obnitor), standhaft, beharrlich, fest, sed obnixos vos (velim) stabili gradu impetum hostium excipere, Liv. 6, 12, 8: obnixus corde curam premebat, Verg. Aen. 4, 332: obnixi frangunt mala murmura dentes, ibid. 11, 337: obnixum silentium tolerans, Apul. met. 4, 10: obnixus mugitus, ibid. 4, 21: obnixā fronte, mit eherner Stirn, Augustin. de civ. dei 2, 1. p. 54, 1 D.2 – m. ad u. Akk., obnixus animus ad perpetiendos cruciatus volnerum aut ignium, Sen. ep. 66, 40. – m. Infin. = fest entschlossen, non cedere, Verg. georg. 4. 84. – Acc. neutr. adv., obnixum taces, Auson. epist. 25, 28.
