nixus
nixus2, pains, throes, travail
nixus and nīsus, a, um, Part., from 1. nitor.
nixus, ūs, m. [1. nitor], a pressure (the same as nisus, v. 2, nisus).
- I Lit.: astra se nixu suo conglobata continent, revolution, course, * Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 117. —
- II Transf., a striving, exertion, effort: hic ad summum non pervenit nixu (al. nisu), sed impetu, Quint. 8, 4, 9; 1, 12, 10. —
- B In partic., pains, throes, travail of parturition: fetūs nixibus edunt, Verg. G. 4, 199; Ov. H. 4, 126: laboriosi nixūs, Gell. 12, 1, 4.—
- III Nixus, a constellation; v. Engonasi.
1. nīxus, a, um, s. 1. nītor.
2. nīxus, ūs, m., s. 1. nīsus, us.
~u † werþeode[? l. wreþede ]
utraque [hernia ] fit a ‥ levatione violenta nixutoria vel ~u noxio ludi
hic ~us, -ui, i. partus
quam plurimum ‥ affectans totis ~ibus meum propositum claudere
1 nīxus, a, um, part. de nitor.
2 nīxŭs, ūs, m. [rare, au lieu de nisus ], travail (efforts) de lʼaccouchement, enfantement : Virg. G. 4, 199 ; Ov. H. 4, 126 ; Gell. 12, 1, 4.
Myxus. Vide in hac voce.
nīxus (1) P. of 1 nitor.—Plur.as subst: Nīxī, m
- three guardian deities of women in labor, O.
nixus , — m
- CNI-, pains, throes, travail(only ablsing. and plur.): fetūs nixibus edunt, V., O.