obnitor
obnitor, to bear upon, press against, struggle with, strain at
- I Lit.: taurus Arboris obnixus trunco, Verg. A. 12, 105: contra, id. ib. 5, 21: toto corpore obnitendum, Quint. 5, 13, 11: remi Obnixi crepuere, Verg. A. 5, 205: densis ales (Lachm. aquila hinc) pinnis obnixa volabat Vento, Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6, 31, p. 354 Lion. (Ann. v. 148 Vahl.): obnixi (al. obnisi) urgebant, Liv. 34, 46.—In pass. signif.: obnixo genu scuto, set or pressed against, Nep. Chabr. 1, 2.— Of things: navigia fractas obnitier undas, Lucr. 4, 437.—
- II Trop.
- 1 To strive against, to resist, oppose (class. only in Part.): stant obnisi, Liv. 7, 33, 12: cum saepe obnitens repugnasset, Vell. 2, 89, 5; 2, 123, 2: stant obnixa omnia contra, Verg. A. 10, 359: venti obnixi lacerant nubila, Stat. Th. 5, 366: adversis, Tac. A. 15, 11.—
- 2 To strive, endeavor; with inf.: triumphum Pauli impedire obnitebantur, Vell. 1, 9, 6.
- —Hence, obnixus (obnīsus), a, um, P. a., steadfast, firm, resolute: (velim) obnixos vos stabili gradu impetum hostium excipere, Liv. 6, 12: firmitas, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 105: obnixus curam sub corde premebat, Verg. A. 4, 332.—In neutr., adverb., resolutely, obstinately: obnixum. Pauline, taces, Aus. Ep. 25, 28.—Hence, adv.: obnixē (obnīsē), lit., striving against; hence, in gen., with all one's strength, with might and main, strenuously, obstinately: obnixe omnia Facere, Ter. And. 161: oboedire, Liv. 4, 26, 12 (dub.; Weissenb. enixe): petere, Sen. Ep. 95, 1 (Haase, enixe; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 781). —Comp.: argumentari, Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 1, 3.
- 1. zich schrap zetten (tegen) [trunco arboris]; ➤ obnixo genu scuto de knie tegen het schild gesteund;
- 2. (poët.; postklass.) (metaf.) tegenstand bieden aan, zich verzetten tegen [hostibus].
- to bear upon, press against, struggle with, strain at: remi Obnixi crepuere, V.: obnixi urgebant, L.: obnixo genu scuto, pressed against, N.: Arboris trunco, V.: manu hostibus, Ta.—Fig., to strive against, resist, oppose: stant obnixi, L.: stant obnixa omnia contra, all is in obstinate conflict, V.: adversis, Ta.
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…quod inpendet, quod urget, si subducere te coeperis, sequetur et gravius incumbet ; si contra steteris et obniti volueris, repelletur. Athletae quantum plagarum ore, quantum toto corpore excipiunt Ferunt tamen omne tormentum gloriae cupiditate nec…
Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales
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…leges praeceptaque fortia belli erudiit genetrix, nimium didicisse queretur. talis Echionio Mavors in limine saevit. Tandem umeris obnixus Acron et pectore toto pronus Ialmenides aeratae robora portae torserunt quanta pariter cervice gementes profringunt inarata diu Pangaea iuvenci .…
Statius, P. Papinius, Thebais
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…mussantque iuvencae, quis nemori imperitet, quem tota armenta sequantur ; illi inter sese multa vi volnera miscent cornuaque obnixi infigunt et sanguine largo colla armosque lavant ; gemitu nemus omne remugit non alitur Tros Aeneas et Daunius heros concurrunt…
Vergil, Aeneid
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…campum, iam clipeus clipeis, umbone repellitur umbo, ense minax ensis, pede pes et cuspide cuspis sic obnixa acies ; pariter suspiria fumant, admotaeque nitent aliena in casside cristae. pulcher adhuc belli vultus stant vertice coni…
Statius, P. Papinius, Thebais
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…, cupiditatis, timoris, irae, voluptatis, carere et vacare totis posset, atque, si posset etiam obniti ut totis careret, non fore id melius, quoniam langueret animus et torperet, adfectionum quarundam adminiculis, ut…
Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights
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…imparibus manus conserturos, pilis ante pedes positis gladiis tantum dextras armemus. ne procurri quidem ab acie uelim sed obnixos uos stabili gradu impetum hostium excipere. ubi illi uana iniecerint missilia et effusi stantibus uobis se intulerint, tum…
Livy, ab Urbe Condita
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…inbecillitati humanae Quid dicis, quo inflammati in media pericula inruant Qua oratione hunc timendi consensum, quibus ingeni viribus obnixam contra te persuasionem humani generis avertis Verba mihi captiosa conponis et interrogatiunculas nectis Magnis telis magna portenta feriuntur. Serpentem…
Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales
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…tu pondera ferre Martis et ensiferas inter potes ire catervas quamquam utinam quires nuper te pallida vidi, dum premis obnixo venabula comminus apro, poplite succiduo resupinum ac paene ruentem, et ni curvato torsissem spicula cornu, nunc ubi…
Statius, P. Papinius, Thebais
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…impete truncus. nec spes obsessis ultra reserata tueri moenia conuertunt gressus recipique precantis infandum excludunt socios dum cardine uerso obnixi torquent obices, munimina sera. acrius hoc instant Itali clausosque fatigant. et, ni caeca sinu terras nox…
NA, Silius Italicus, Corpus Poetarum Latinorum. Vol. 3, ed. W. C. Summers, 1905
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…magis quam patientia neque clamore ac ne ululatu quidem fidem sacramenti prodidit, sed iam morsibus laceratus ferroque laniatus, obnixo mugitu et ferino fremitu praesentem casum generoso vigore tolerans gloriam sibi reservavit, vitam fato reddidit. Tanto tamen terrore…
Apuleius, Metamorphoses