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nixor

nixor, to lean upon, strive, endeavor

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

nīxor, ātus sum, 1, dep. n. intens. (nītor): to lean upon with the idea of effort; struggle forward on, 5.279.

Could not find nixantem in Logeion dictionaries.

nixantem Verb: present active participle feminine accusative singular, Verb: present active participle masculine accusative singular of nixor

See nixantem in Morpho

nixor, āri, dep. n. [1. nitor], to lean or rest upon; to strive, endeavor (poet.).
  • I Lit., Lucr. 6, 836; 3, 1001: pars vulnere clauda retentat Nixantem (serpentem), Verg. A. 5, 279 Wagner N. cr.—
  • II Trop., to depend upon: fundamenta, quibus nixatur vita salusque, Lucr. 4, 506.

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