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nixus
nixus
Latin
Participle
nīxus m (feminine nīxa, neuter nīxum); first/second declension
- rested upon, leaned on, having rested upon
- pressed forward, advanced, having advanced
- mounted, climbed, ascended, having been mounted
- strained in giving birth, having strained in giving birth
- (figuratively) struggled, endeavoured, having struggled
- (figuratively) contended in argument, argued, having argued
- (figuratively) rested, relied, depended upon, having depended upon
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | nīxus | nīxa | nīxum | nīxī | nīxae | nīxa | |
| genitive | nīxī | nīxae | nīxī | nīxōrum | nīxārum | nīxōrum | |
| dative | nīxō | nīxō | nīxīs | ||||
| accusative | nīxum | nīxam | nīxum | nīxōs | nīxās | nīxa | |
| ablative | nīxō | nīxā | nīxō | nīxīs | |||
| vocative | nīxe | nīxa | nīxum | nīxī | nīxae | nīxa | |
Noun
nīxus m (genitive nīxūs); fourth declension
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nīxus | nīxūs |
| genitive | nīxūs | nīxuum |
| dative | nīxuī | nīxibus |
| accusative | nīxum | nīxūs |
| ablative | nīxū | nīxibus |
| vocative | nīxus | nīxūs |
References
- nixus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nixus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- NIXUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nixus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- nixus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016