annitor

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From ad- +‎ nītor.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈniː.tor/, [änˈniːt̪ɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈni.tor/, [änˈniːt̪or]

Verb edit

annītor (present infinitive annītī, perfect active annīxus sum or annīsus sum); third conjugation, deponent

to press or lean upon or against
- c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 3.61:
  Prīmī omnium Ephesiī adiēre, memorantēs nōn, ut vulgus crēderet, Diānam atque Apollinem Dēlō genitōs: esse apud sē Cenchrium amnem, lūcum Ortygiam, ubi Lātōnam partū gravidam et oleae, quae tum etiam maneat, adnīsam ēdidisse ea nūmina, deōrumque monitū sacrātum nemus, atque ipsum illīc Apollinem post interfectōs Cyclōpās lovis īram vītāvisse.
  First went the Ephesians, reminding that Diana and Apollo weren't born, as people believe, on Delos: that in their region there was the river Cenchrius and the grove Ortygia, where Latona, pregnant with her issue and leant on an olive tree which survives even these days, gave birth to those gods; and the grove was sacred by the gods' injunction, and that Apollo himself had avoided the anger of Jupiter after killing the Cyclops.
to strive, exert
Synonyms: certō, cōnītor, cōnor, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, ēnītor, contendō, labōrō, molior, perīclitor, nītor, spectō
Alternative form of adnītor
- c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitruō pro.13–16:
  Haec ut mē voltis approbāre, annītier
  lucrum ut perenne vōbīs semper suppetat,
  ita huic faciētis fābulae silentium
  itaque aequī et iūstī hīc eritis omnēs arbitrī.
  As you wish me to approve of these [wishes], to strive
  so that constant gain will always come to you,
  so you shall be silent during this play
  and so you shall all be impartial and just judges.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of annītor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	annītor	annīteris, annītere	annītitur	annītimur	annītiminī	annītuntur
	imperfect	annītēbar	annītēbāris, annītēbāre	annītēbātur	annītēbāmur	annītēbāminī	annītēbantur
	future	annītar	annītēris, annītēre	annītētur	annītēmur	annītēminī	annītentur
	perfect	annīxus or annīsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	annīxus or annīsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	annīxus or annīsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	annītar	annītāris, annītāre	annītātur	annītāmur	annītāminī	annītantur
	imperfect	annīterer	annīterēris, annīterēre	annīterētur	annīterēmur	annīterēminī	annīterentur
	perfect	annīxus or annīsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	annīxus or annīsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	annītere	—	—	annītiminī	—
active	future	—	annītitor	annītitor	—	—	annītuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		annītī, annītier¹	annīxum esse, annīsum esse	annīxūrum esse, annīsūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		annītēns	annīxus, annīsus	annīxūrus, annīsūrus	—	—	annītendus, annītundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		annītendī	annītendō	annītendum	annītendō	annīxum, annīsum	annīxū, annīsū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

References edit

“annitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“annitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
annitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.