viriditas herbescens

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vĭrĭdĭtas, ātis, f. [viridis], green color, greenness, verdure, viridity.

Lit.:

herbescens viriditas,

Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

pratorum,

id. ib. 16, 57:

maris,

Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 76.—

Transf., freshness, briskness, vigor:

senectus aufert eam viriditatem, in quā etiam nunc erat Scipio,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

vigere et habere quandam viriditatem,

id. Tusc. 3, 31, 75:

laurea illa amittit longo intervallo viriditatem,

id. Prov. Cons. 12, 29.

1. ad-olēsco, olēvī, ultum, ere (ad u. alesco), I) heranwachsen, erstarken, A) eig.: von Menschen, ad eam aetatem, Plaut.: in tria cubita, Plin.: is qui adoleverit, Cic. – v. Tieren, beluae ad immobilem magnitudinem adolescunt, Plin. – v. Gewächsen usw., adolescere ramos, Ov.: adolesse segetes, Ov.: viriditas herbescens, quae sensim adolescit, Cic.: non aeque adolescunt in pomariis hortulisque arbusculae manu cultae rigataeque, Fronto ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 3. p. 7, 16 N. – B) übtr., wachsen, zunehmen, steigen, a) der Zahl od. Größe nach, numerus in tantum adolevit, Vell.: luna adolescens (Ggstz. decedens), Gell.: adolescens in maius, v. Nil, Plin.: adolescens Oceanus (Ggstz. senescens), Amm. – b) der Zeit nach heranreifen, vorrücken (s. Fritzsche Hor. sat. 1, 9, 34. Müller Liv. 1, 4, 8), ne quid ob admissum foede dictumve superbe poenarum grave sit solvendi tempus adultum? Lucr.: ubi robustis adolevit viribus aetas, Lucr.: mox cum matura adoleverit aetas, Verg.: cum primum adolevit aetas, Liv.: ver donec adolesceret, Tac. – c) der innern Stärke nach heranreifen, erstarken, sich kräftig entwickeln, ratio cum adolevit atque perfecta est, nominatur rite sapientia, Cic. – adolescit res publica, res Persarum, ingenium, Sall.: auctu imperii adolevisse etiam privatas opes, Tac. – ea cupiditas adolescit una cum aetatibus, Cic.: coepta adultaque et revicta

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coniuratio, Tac. – II) (an etw.) anwachsen, coria recens detracta quasi glutino adolescebant, Sall. hist. fr. 4, 2 (23). – ⇒ Perf. adolui, Varr. b. Prisc. 9, 53. – Infin. Perf. adolesse, Ov. her. 6, 11.

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2. adolēsco, ere (Inchoat. zu adoleo), aufdampfen, auflodern, adolescunt ignibus arae, Verg. georg. 4, 379.

herbēsco, ere (herbeo, s. Charis. 253, 3), zu grünen Halmen aufsprießen, viriditas herbescens, das hervorsprossende Grün des Getreides, Cic. de sen. 51: ibi campi semper herbescunt (grünen), Amm. 31, 2, 19: herbescere campos, Ambros. hexaëm. 3, 9, 42: herbescit ager cum herbam generat, Beda de orthogr. 274, 24 K.

ăd-ŏlesco, ēvi (rare ui, Varr. ap. Prisc. 872 P.;

adolēsse sync. for adolevisse,

Ov. H. 6, 11), ultum, 3, v. inch. [1. adoleo], to grow up, to grow (of everything capable of increase in magnitude).

In gen.

Lit., of men, animals, plants; seasons, passions, etc.;

but esp. of age: postquam adolevit ad eam aetatem, uti, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 47:

ubi robustis adolevit viribus aetas,

Lucr. 3, 450; cf. 4, 1035;

2, 1123: adultum robur,

id. 2, 1131; 5, 798: postquam adoluerit haec juventus, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 872 P.:

qui adoleverit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35:

viriditas herbescens, quae sensim adolescit,

id. Sen. 15, 51:

ter senos proles adoleverat annos,

Ov. F. 3, 59:

adolescere ramos cernat,

id. M. 4, 376:

adolēsse segetes,

id. H. 6, 11:

simul atque adoleverit aetas,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 34:

cum matura adoleverit aetas,

Verg. A. 12, 438.—Hence, transf. from age to the person, to grow up, come to maturity, mature:

adulta virgo,

Liv. 26, 50 al.:

arundines non sine imbre adolescunt,

Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:

in amplitudinem,

id. 12, 1, 3, § 7:

in crassitudinem,

id. 13, 7, 15, § 58; so 16, 34, 62, § 151;

8, 14, 14, § 36 al.: ac dum prima novis adolescit frondibus aetas,

Verg. G. 2, 362:

quoad capillus adolesceret,

Gell. 17, 9. —

Fig., to grow, increase, augment, to become greater:

cupiditas agendi adolescit una cum aetatibus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 20:

ratio cum adolevit,

id. Leg. 1, 7:

ingenium brevi adolevit,

Sall. J. 63, 3:

postquam res publica adolevit,

id. C. 51, 40; id. J. 2:

quantum superbiae socordiaeque Vitellio adoleverit,

Tac. H. 2, 73:

Cremona numero colonorum, adolevit,

id. ib. 3, 34:

ver adolescit,

advances, id. A. 13, 36; 2, 50:

caepe revirescit, decedente luna, inarescit adolescente,

Gell. 20, 8.—

Esp., in sacrificial lang., to be kindled, to burn (cf. 1. adoleo):

Panchaeis adolescunt ignibus arae,

Verg. G. 4, 379.—Hence, ădŏlescens, entis, v. adules-.— ădultus, a, um, P. a., grown up, adult.

Lit.

Of living beings:

Ab his ipsis (virginibus), cum jam essent adultae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58; so,

virgo,

id. Brut. 96, 330; Liv. 26, 50; Hor. C. 3, 2, 8 al.; cf.:

adultae aetate virgines,

Suet. Aug. 69:

pueri,

Quint. 2, 2, 3:

liberi,

Suet. Tib. 10:

filius,

id. Claud. 39:

catuli,

Plin. 9, 8, 7, § 22:

locustae,

id. 11, 29, 35, § 105:

fetus (apum),

Verg. G. 4, 162.— Comp.:

(hirundinum) pullorum adultiores,

Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92.—

Of things (concrete and abstract):

vitium propagine,

Hor. Epod. 2, 9:

crinis,

Stat. S. 2, 122:

lanugo,

Amm. 16, 12 al.:

aetas,

Lucr. 2, 1123; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 160:

aestas,

advanced, Tac. A. 2, 23:

autumnus,

id. ib. 11. 31:

nox,

id. H. 3, 23.—

Fig., grown, matured, adult:

populus adultus jam paene et pubes,

Cic. Rep. 2, 11; so,

qui non nascentibus Athenis, sed jam adultis fuerunt,

id. Brut. 7, 27; cf.:

nascenti adhuc (eloquentiae) nec satis adultae,

Tac. Or. 25:

res nondum adultae,

Liv. 2, 1, 6:

pestis rei publicae (of Catiline),

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

auctoritas nondum adulta,

Tac. A. 1, 46:

conjuratio,

id. ib. 15, 73; cf.:

incipiens adhuc et necdum adulta seditio,

id. H. 1, 31 al.

ăd-ŏlesco, ēvi (rare ui, Varr. ap. Prisc. 872 P.;

adolēsse sync. for adolevisse,

Ov. H. 6, 11), ultum, 3, v. inch. [1. adoleo], to grow up, to grow (of everything capable of increase in magnitude).

In gen.

Lit., of men, animals, plants; seasons, passions, etc.;

but esp. of age: postquam adolevit ad eam aetatem, uti, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 47:

ubi robustis adolevit viribus aetas,

Lucr. 3, 450; cf. 4, 1035;

2, 1123: adultum robur,

id. 2, 1131; 5, 798: postquam adoluerit haec juventus, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 872 P.:

qui adoleverit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35:

viriditas herbescens, quae sensim adolescit,

id. Sen. 15, 51:

ter senos proles adoleverat annos,

Ov. F. 3, 59:

adolescere ramos cernat,

id. M. 4, 376:

adolēsse segetes,

id. H. 6, 11:

simul atque adoleverit aetas,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 34:

cum matura adoleverit aetas,

Verg. A. 12, 438.—Hence, transf. from age to the person, to grow up, come to maturity, mature:

adulta virgo,

Liv. 26, 50 al.:

arundines non sine imbre adolescunt,

Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:

in amplitudinem,

id. 12, 1, 3, § 7:

in crassitudinem,

id. 13, 7, 15, § 58; so 16, 34, 62, § 151;

8, 14, 14, § 36 al.: ac dum prima novis adolescit frondibus aetas,

Verg. G. 2, 362:

quoad capillus adolesceret,

Gell. 17, 9. —

Fig., to grow, increase, augment, to become greater:

cupiditas agendi adolescit una cum aetatibus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 20:

ratio cum adolevit,

id. Leg. 1, 7:

ingenium brevi adolevit,

Sall. J. 63, 3:

postquam res publica adolevit,

id. C. 51, 40; id. J. 2:

quantum superbiae socordiaeque Vitellio adoleverit,

Tac. H. 2, 73:

Cremona numero colonorum, adolevit,

id. ib. 3, 34:

ver adolescit,

advances, id. A. 13, 36; 2, 50:

caepe revirescit, decedente luna, inarescit adolescente,

Gell. 20, 8.—

Esp., in sacrificial lang., to be kindled, to burn (cf. 1. adoleo):

Panchaeis adolescunt ignibus arae,

Verg. G. 4, 379.—Hence, ădŏlescens, entis, v. adules-.— ădultus, a, um, P. a., grown up, adult.

Lit.

Of living beings:

Ab his ipsis (virginibus), cum jam essent adultae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58; so,

virgo,

id. Brut. 96, 330; Liv. 26, 50; Hor. C. 3, 2, 8 al.; cf.:

adultae aetate virgines,

Suet. Aug. 69:

pueri,

Quint. 2, 2, 3:

liberi,

Suet. Tib. 10:

filius,

id. Claud. 39:

catuli,

Plin. 9, 8, 7, § 22:

locustae,

id. 11, 29, 35, § 105:

fetus (apum),

Verg. G. 4, 162.— Comp.:

(hirundinum) pullorum adultiores,

Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92.—

Of things (concrete and abstract):

vitium propagine,

Hor. Epod. 2, 9:

crinis,

Stat. S. 2, 122:

lanugo,

Amm. 16, 12 al.:

aetas,

Lucr. 2, 1123; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 160:

aestas,

advanced, Tac. A. 2, 23:

autumnus,

id. ib. 11. 31:

nox,

id. H. 3, 23.—

Fig., grown, matured, adult:

populus adultus jam paene et pubes,

Cic. Rep. 2, 11; so,

qui non nascentibus Athenis, sed jam adultis fuerunt,

id. Brut. 7, 27; cf.:

nascenti adhuc (eloquentiae) nec satis adultae,

Tac. Or. 25:

res nondum adultae,

Liv. 2, 1, 6:

pestis rei publicae (of Catiline),

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

auctoritas nondum adulta,

Tac. A. 1, 46:

conjuratio,

id. ib. 15, 73; cf.:

incipiens adhuc et necdum adulta seditio,

id. H. 1, 31 al.

fī̆bra, ae, f. [acc. to Doed. Syn. 3, p. 22, kindr. with filum (cf. the Eng. string in both senses)], a fibre, filament, in a plant, in a part of an animal's body, etc. (cf. nervus).

Lit.:

viriditas herbescens, nixa fibris stirpium, sensim adolescit,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 51:

omnes radicum fibras evellere,

id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

recurvae radicis,

Ov. M. 14, 633:

alliorum,

Verg. M. 88:

tubera undique terra circumdata nullisque fibris nixa aut saltem capillamentis,

Plin. 19, 2, 11, § 33; Col. 11, 2, 9; 11, 3, 21:

pulmo in duas fibras ungulae bubulae modo dividitur..jecur in quatuor fibras dividitur,

i. e. parts, divisions, Cels. 4, 11:

perlucentes numerare in pectore fibras,

Ov. M. 6, 391:

quid fissum in extis, quid fibra valeat, accipio,

Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16; cf.:

pericula praemonent, non fibris modo extisque, sed alia quadam significatione,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102:

altera fibra (jecoris),

id. 11, 37, 76, § 196; 32, 6, 21, § 60: fibrae cincinnorum madentes, Cic. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 120 et saep.—

Transf., entrails in gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

tura focis, vinumque dedit fibrasque bidentis,

Ov. F. 4, 935; cf.:

caesorumque boum fibris de more crematis,

id. M. 13, 637:

Promethea,

i. e. the liver devoured by the vulture, Val. Fl. 7, 355; cf. Verg. A. 6, 600: conscia deorum (as giving prognostics;

v. above I.),

Tib. 1, 8, 3; cf.:

sibi commissos fibra locuta deos,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 104:

fibraeque repente Conticuere,

Sil. 1, 138:

neque mihi cornea fibra est,

i. e. I am not so callous, insensible, Pers. 1, 47.—

Trop., like our word bowels, of the interior of the earth:

persequimur omnes ejus (terrae) fibras,

Plin. 33 praef. § 1.

1. mūnio (archaist. moenio), īvī, u. iī, ītum, īre (moene, moenia), I) mauern, schanzen, Mauern od. Schanzen aufführen, undique, quod idoneum ad muniendum putarent, congererent, Nep.: milites, qui muniendi gratiā vallum petierant, Auct. b. Afr.: utrimque summā vi muniunt et pugnant, Liv.: munientibus coria velaque iussit obtendi, Curt. – II) prägn., A) mauern, mauernd aufbauen, magna munit moenia, Plaut. mil. 228: duovir urbis moeniundae, Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 4876: mun. oppida, feste Städte gründen, Hor. sat. 1, 3, 105: Albam longam, als feste Stadt gründen, Verg. Aen. 1, 271. – B) etwas mit einer Mauer, einem Bollwerke, einer Schanze befestigen, verwahren, verschanzen, in Verteidigungszustand setzen, 1) eig. u. übtr.: a) eig.: arcem, Nep.: palatium, Nep.: castra, mit Wall, Graben u. Palisaden umgeben, Caes.: montem, Caes.: partem muri egregie munitam habebant, Liv. – m. Abl., locum muro, Caes.: castra vallo fossāque, Caes.: omnia maceriā muniuntur, Plin. ep. – b) übtr., übh. verwahren, decken, bedecken, schützen, Alpibus Italiam munierat natura, wie mit einem Bollwerk versehen, Cic.: domum praesidiis, Cic.: se ligneis moenibus, Nep. – munito agmine incedere, gedecktem, Sall. – hortum ab incursu hominum, Colum.: quae (herbescens viriditas) contra avium minorum morsus munitur vallo

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aristarum, Cic.: hieme quaternis tunicis et tibialibus muniebatur, verwahrte, bedeckte sich, Suet. – 2) bildl., verwahren, in Verteidigungsstand, in Sicherheit setzen, sicherstellen, decken, hunc locum munio, sichere mich von dieser Seite, Cic.: m. imperium, Nep.: multorum se benevolentiā tueri et munire, Cic.: munio me ad haec tempora, Cic.: m. se contra perfidiam, Cic.: muniri adversus fraudes, Plin.: munire latus a domesticis hostibus, Curt. – suam meretriculis muniendis rem cogere, zur Versorgung von Buhldirnen, Plaut. – C) einen Weg usw. durch Auffüllen, Dämme usw. gangbar machen, bahnen, anlegen, bauen, viam, Cic. u.a.: itinera, Nep.: rupem, Liv. – ohne (aus dem Zshg. zu ergänzendes) Obj., muniendo fessi homines, Liv. – im Bilde, munire alci viam accusandi, sibi viam ad stuprum, Cic.: munita ad consulatum via, Cic.: u. so ut ad hoc nefarium facinus accederet, aditum sibi aliis sceleribus ante munivit, Cic. – ⇒ Synkop. Imperf. munibat, Ps. Verg. moret. 61. Epit. Illiad. 228: munibant, Apul. de mund. 26: Fut. munibis, Veget. mul. 1, 10, 5 ed. vulg. (Schneider munies).

nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.

Lit.

With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

stirpibus suis niti,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

id. Sen. 15, 51:

hastili nixus,

id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

mulierculā nixus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

Verg. A. 6, 760:

paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

id. ib. 4, 252:

nixus baculo,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—

With in and acc.:

nixus in hastam,

Verg. A. 12, 398.—

With de:

de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

Ov. H. 21, 100.—

With gen. of place:

humi nitens,

Verg. A. 2, 380.—

Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

niti modo ac statim concidere,

to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—

Transf.

To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

nituntur gradibus,

Verg. A. 2, 442:

in altas rupes,

Luc. 4, 37:

ad sidera,

Verg. G. 2, 427:

in aëra,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

in adversum,

id. M. 2, 72:

sursum nitier,

Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—

To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

nitor,

I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—

To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—

Trop.

To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

nisurus contra regem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

pro aliquo,

Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

pro libertate summā ope niti,

Sall. J. 31, 17:

nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

patriam recuperare niti,

Nep. Pelop. 2:

ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—

To strive after a thing:

ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—

To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—

To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.

With in and abl.:

nixus in nomine inani,

Lucr. 5, 909:

conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

ea, in quibus causa nititur,

id. Cael. 10, 25:

cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

id. Mil. 7, 19.—

With abl.:

spe niti,

Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

id. Clu. 40, 112.—

With ubi:

quo confugies? ubi nitere?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

Ov. M. 9, 294.

nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.

Lit.:

nitor exoriens aurorae,

Lucr. 4, 538:

diurnus,

the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

herbarum viridis,

Lucr. 5, 783:

argenti et auri,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

eboris,

Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

materiae,

of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

speculi,

id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

gladii,

id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

nigerrimus gemmae,

id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

nitorem cutis facit sal,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

nitores splendoresque auri,

Gell. 2, 6, 4.—

Transf.

Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

nitor corporis,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

urit me Glycerae nitor,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

Liparei nitor Hebri,

id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

nullus totā nitor in cute,

Juv. 9, 13.—

Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

habitus,

Juv. 3, 180:

oppidum praecipui nitoris,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—

In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—

Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

Cic. Or. 32, 115:

domesticus eloquii,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

nitor et cultus descriptionum,

Tac. Or. 20:

translationum,

Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

Quint. 8, 3, 3:

eruditione ac nitore praestare,

id. 10, 1, 98:

scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

id. 10, 1, 124.—

Of character, dignity, excellence:

generis,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.

Lit.

With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

stirpibus suis niti,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

id. Sen. 15, 51:

hastili nixus,

id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

mulierculā nixus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

Verg. A. 6, 760:

paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

id. ib. 4, 252:

nixus baculo,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—

With in and acc.:

nixus in hastam,

Verg. A. 12, 398.—

With de:

de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

Ov. H. 21, 100.—

With gen. of place:

humi nitens,

Verg. A. 2, 380.—

Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

niti modo ac statim concidere,

to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—

Transf.

To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

nituntur gradibus,

Verg. A. 2, 442:

in altas rupes,

Luc. 4, 37:

ad sidera,

Verg. G. 2, 427:

in aëra,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

in adversum,

id. M. 2, 72:

sursum nitier,

Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—

To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

nitor,

I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—

To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—

Trop.

To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

nisurus contra regem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

pro aliquo,

Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

pro libertate summā ope niti,

Sall. J. 31, 17:

nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

patriam recuperare niti,

Nep. Pelop. 2:

ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—

To strive after a thing:

ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—

To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—

To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.

With in and abl.:

nixus in nomine inani,

Lucr. 5, 909:

conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

ea, in quibus causa nititur,

id. Cael. 10, 25:

cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

id. Mil. 7, 19.—

With abl.:

spe niti,

Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

id. Clu. 40, 112.—

With ubi:

quo confugies? ubi nitere?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

Ov. M. 9, 294.

nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.

Lit.:

nitor exoriens aurorae,

Lucr. 4, 538:

diurnus,

the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

herbarum viridis,

Lucr. 5, 783:

argenti et auri,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

eboris,

Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

materiae,

of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

speculi,

id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

gladii,

id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

nigerrimus gemmae,

id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

nitorem cutis facit sal,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

nitores splendoresque auri,

Gell. 2, 6, 4.—

Transf.

Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

nitor corporis,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

urit me Glycerae nitor,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

Liparei nitor Hebri,

id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

nullus totā nitor in cute,

Juv. 9, 13.—

Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

habitus,

Juv. 3, 180:

oppidum praecipui nitoris,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—

In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—

Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

Cic. Or. 32, 115:

domesticus eloquii,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

nitor et cultus descriptionum,

Tac. Or. 20:

translationum,

Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

Quint. 8, 3, 3:

eruditione ac nitore praestare,

id. 10, 1, 98:

scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

id. 10, 1, 124.—

Of character, dignity, excellence:

generis,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.

Lit.

With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

stirpibus suis niti,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

id. Sen. 15, 51:

hastili nixus,

id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

mulierculā nixus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

Verg. A. 6, 760:

paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

id. ib. 4, 252:

nixus baculo,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—

With in and acc.:

nixus in hastam,

Verg. A. 12, 398.—

With de:

de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

Ov. H. 21, 100.—

With gen. of place:

humi nitens,

Verg. A. 2, 380.—

Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

niti modo ac statim concidere,

to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—

Transf.

To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

nituntur gradibus,

Verg. A. 2, 442:

in altas rupes,

Luc. 4, 37:

ad sidera,

Verg. G. 2, 427:

in aëra,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

in adversum,

id. M. 2, 72:

sursum nitier,

Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—

To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

nitor,

I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—

To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—

Trop.

To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

nisurus contra regem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

pro aliquo,

Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

pro libertate summā ope niti,

Sall. J. 31, 17:

nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

patriam recuperare niti,

Nep. Pelop. 2:

ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—

To strive after a thing:

ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—

To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—

To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.

With in and abl.:

nixus in nomine inani,

Lucr. 5, 909:

conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

ea, in quibus causa nititur,

id. Cael. 10, 25:

cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

id. Mil. 7, 19.—

With abl.:

spe niti,

Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

id. Clu. 40, 112.—

With ubi:

quo confugies? ubi nitere?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

Ov. M. 9, 294.

nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.

Lit.:

nitor exoriens aurorae,

Lucr. 4, 538:

diurnus,

the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

herbarum viridis,

Lucr. 5, 783:

argenti et auri,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

eboris,

Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

materiae,

of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

speculi,

id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

gladii,

id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

nigerrimus gemmae,

id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

nitorem cutis facit sal,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

nitores splendoresque auri,

Gell. 2, 6, 4.—

Transf.

Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

nitor corporis,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

urit me Glycerae nitor,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

Liparei nitor Hebri,

id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

nullus totā nitor in cute,

Juv. 9, 13.—

Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

habitus,

Juv. 3, 180:

oppidum praecipui nitoris,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—

In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—

Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

Cic. Or. 32, 115:

domesticus eloquii,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

nitor et cultus descriptionum,

Tac. Or. 20:

translationum,

Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

Quint. 8, 3, 3:

eruditione ac nitore praestare,

id. 10, 1, 98:

scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

id. 10, 1, 124.—

Of character, dignity, excellence:

generis,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.