obnixus

Latin > English

obnixus obnixa, obnixum ADJ :: resolute, determined; obstinate

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 || [adv^t] obnixus premebat Virg. En. 4, 332, il comprimait fermement... || obnixum, n. pris adv^t, 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.