strive against
strive against:
1. obnītor, nīsus and nixus, 3: when, often s.ing against it, he had shown opposition, quum saepe obnitens repugnasset, Vell. 2, 89, post med.: we are not able to s. against it, nec nos obniti contra sufficimus, Virg. Aen. 5, 22: to s. against adversity, o. adversis, Tac. A. 15, 11.
2. rĕnītor, 3: when they, s.ing against it, kept saying they had made a covenant, quum illi renitentes pactos dicerent sese, Liv. 49, ad init.: cf. renitentibus vobis, Curt. 6, 3, post init.: v. alsoTO OPPOSE (II.), RESIST .
1. obnītor, nīsus and nixus, 3: when, often s.ing against it, he had shown opposition, quum saepe obnitens repugnasset, Vell. 2, 89, post med.: we are not able to s. against it, nec nos obniti contra sufficimus, Virg. Aen. 5, 22: to s. against adversity, o. adversis, Tac. A. 15, 11.
2. rĕnītor, 3: when they, s.ing against it, kept saying they had made a covenant, quum illi renitentes pactos dicerent sese, Liv. 49, ad init.: cf. renitentibus vobis, Curt. 6, 3, post init.: v. also