adnītendus

an-nītor (better adn-), nīsus or nixus, 3, v. dep.

Lit., to press upon or against, to lean upon; with ad or dat. (most freq. after the commencement of the Aug. per.):

natura ad aliquod tamquam adminiculum adnititur,

Cic. Lael. 23, 88:

hasta ingenti adnixa columnae,

Verg. A. 12, 92:

stant longis adnixi hastis,

id. ib. 9, 229:

Latona oleae adnisa,

Tac. A. 3, 61.—

Trop., to take pains about something, to exert one's self, strive; constr. with ut or ne. or a gerund with ad (mostly prose).

With ut or ne:

quo mihi acrius adnitendum est, ut, etc.,

Sall. J. 85, 6; Liv. 6, 6:

omni ope adnisi sunt, ut, etc.,

id. 8, 16; 22, 58; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:

omni ope adniti, ne quis e plebe, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 25 fin. —

Ad ea patranda omnis civitas summo studio adnitebatur, Sall. J. 43, 4; Liv. 27, 14.—Other constructions:

With de:

nisi Bibulus adniteretur de triumpho,

Cic. Att. 6, 8; Liv. 5, 25.—

With pro:

patres non temere pro ullo aeque adnisi sunt,

Liv. 2, 61.—

With acc. of pron., Plin. Ep. 6, 18.—

With inf.:

adnitentibus retinere morem,

Tac. H. 4, 8; 5, 8.—

Absol.:

adnitente Crasso,

Sall. C. 19, 1; so id. J. 85, 47; Liv. 21, 8.

► adnītendus, a, um, in pass. signif.:

si in concordiā adnitendā (i. e. procurandā),

Gell. 2, 12, 5.

an-nītor (better adn-), nīsus or nixus, 3, v. dep.

Lit., to press upon or against, to lean upon; with ad or dat. (most freq. after the commencement of the Aug. per.):

natura ad aliquod tamquam adminiculum adnititur,

Cic. Lael. 23, 88:

hasta ingenti adnixa columnae,

Verg. A. 12, 92:

stant longis adnixi hastis,

id. ib. 9, 229:

Latona oleae adnisa,

Tac. A. 3, 61.—

Trop., to take pains about something, to exert one's self, strive; constr. with ut or ne. or a gerund with ad (mostly prose).

With ut or ne:

quo mihi acrius adnitendum est, ut, etc.,

Sall. J. 85, 6; Liv. 6, 6:

omni ope adnisi sunt, ut, etc.,

id. 8, 16; 22, 58; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:

omni ope adniti, ne quis e plebe, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 25 fin. —

Ad ea patranda omnis civitas summo studio adnitebatur, Sall. J. 43, 4; Liv. 27, 14.—Other constructions:

With de:

nisi Bibulus adniteretur de triumpho,

Cic. Att. 6, 8; Liv. 5, 25.—

With pro:

patres non temere pro ullo aeque adnisi sunt,

Liv. 2, 61.—

With acc. of pron., Plin. Ep. 6, 18.—

With inf.:

adnitentibus retinere morem,

Tac. H. 4, 8; 5, 8.—

Absol.:

adnitente Crasso,

Sall. C. 19, 1; so id. J. 85, 47; Liv. 21, 8.

► adnītendus, a, um, in pass. signif.:

si in concordiā adnitendā (i. e. procurandā),

Gell. 2, 12, 5.

an-nītor (better adn-), nīsus or nixus, 3, v. dep.

Lit., to press upon or against, to lean upon; with ad or dat. (most freq. after the commencement of the Aug. per.):

natura ad aliquod tamquam adminiculum adnititur,

Cic. Lael. 23, 88:

hasta ingenti adnixa columnae,

Verg. A. 12, 92:

stant longis adnixi hastis,

id. ib. 9, 229:

Latona oleae adnisa,

Tac. A. 3, 61.—

Trop., to take pains about something, to exert one's self, strive; constr. with ut or ne. or a gerund with ad (mostly prose).

With ut or ne:

quo mihi acrius adnitendum est, ut, etc.,

Sall. J. 85, 6; Liv. 6, 6:

omni ope adnisi sunt, ut, etc.,

id. 8, 16; 22, 58; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:

omni ope adniti, ne quis e plebe, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 25 fin. —

Ad ea patranda omnis civitas summo studio adnitebatur, Sall. J. 43, 4; Liv. 27, 14.—Other constructions:

With de:

nisi Bibulus adniteretur de triumpho,

Cic. Att. 6, 8; Liv. 5, 25.—

With pro:

patres non temere pro ullo aeque adnisi sunt,

Liv. 2, 61.—

With acc. of pron., Plin. Ep. 6, 18.—

With inf.:

adnitentibus retinere morem,

Tac. H. 4, 8; 5, 8.—

Absol.:

adnitente Crasso,

Sall. C. 19, 1; so id. J. 85, 47; Liv. 21, 8.

► adnītendus, a, um, in pass. signif.:

si in concordiā adnitendā (i. e. procurandā),

Gell. 2, 12, 5.