nixus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect active participle of nītor (“I rest upon”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈniːk.sus/, [ˈniːks̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnik.sus/, [ˈniksus]

Participle

nīxus (feminine nīxa, neuter nīxum); first/second-declension participle

1. rested upon, leaned on, having rested upon
2. pressed forward, advanced, having advanced
3. mounted, climbed, ascended, having been mounted
4. strained in giving birth, having strained in giving birth
5. (figuratively) struggled, endeavoured, having struggled
6. (figuratively) contended in argument, argued, having argued
7. (figuratively) rested, relied, depended upon, having depended upon

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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

1. alternative form of nīsus (pressure, strain)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• nixus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• nixus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016