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  • 1 strive for excellence

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  • 2 excellence

    excellence ['eksələns]
    (high quality) qualité f excellente; (commercially) excellence f;
    ∎ School a prize for general excellence un prix d'excellence;
    ∎ to strive for excellence s'efforcer d'atteindre une qualité excellente;
    ∎ excellence is our hallmark l'excellence est notre signe distinctif;
    ∎ awards for excellence prix mpl d'excellence;
    ∎ centre of excellence centre m d'excellence

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  • 3 excellence

    noun
    * * *
    ['ek-]
    noun (unusual goodness or worth: this man's excellence as a teacher.) die Vortrefflichkeit
    * * *
    ex·cel·lence
    [ˈeksələn(t)s]
    n no pl Vorzüglichkeit f; of a performance hervorragende Qualität
    academic \excellence (of a university) ausgezeichnetes akademisches Niveau
    * * *
    ['eksələns]
    n
    1) (= high quality) hervorragende Qualität, Vorzüglichkeit f

    artistic/academic excellence — höchste künstlerische/wissenschaftliche Qualität

    2) (= excellent feature) Vorzug m, hervorragende Eigenschaft
    * * *
    excellence [ˈeksələns] s
    1. Vortrefflichkeit f, Vorzüglichkeit f:
    the excellence of her cooking ihre vorzügliche Küche
    2. vorzügliche Leistung
    3. pl Vorzüge pl
    * * *
    noun
    * * *
    n.
    Großartigkeitheit f.
    Trefflichkeit f.
    Vortrefflichkeit f.
    Vorzüglichkeit f.

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  • 4 стремиться к совершенству

    1) General subject: strive for excellence

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > стремиться к совершенству

  • 5 σπεύδω

    σπεύδω impf. ἔσπευδον; fut. 3 pl. σπεύσουσιν LXX; 1 aor. ἔσπευσα (Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX)
    ① to be in a hurry, hurry, hasten, intr.
    ⓐ w. inf. foll. make haste, hasten (Diod S 12, 68, 3 ἔσπευδεν κύριος γενέσθαι=hastened to become master [of a city]; Pr 28:22; TestNapht 1:12; TestGad 4:3; GrBar 3:7; Just., A II, 4, 4 al.; Tat..—B-D-F §392, 1a; Rob. 1077f) Ac 20:16 Paul was in a hurry; 1 Cl 33:1; MPol 6:2. Foll. by acc. w. inf. Hs 9, 3, 2. Abs. (PTebt 19, 8 [114 B.C.]; JosAs; Jos., Vi. 89) σπεῦσον καὶ ἔξελθε make haste and go out, leave as quickly as possible Ac 22:18. In asyndeton σπεῦσον κατάβηθι Lk 19:5 D. ln the ptc. w. a finite verb (1 Km 4:14, 16; Jos., Bell. 1, 222) ἦλθαν σπεύσαντες 2:16. σπεύσας κατέβη 19:6. σπεύσας κατάβηθι vs. 5.
    ⓑ go in haste, hasten πρός τινα to someone (Herm. Wr. 4, 8b; Jos., Ant. 7, 222; cp. Philo, Aet. M. 30) πρὸς Πιλᾶτον GPt 11:45.
    ② to cause someth. to happen or come into being by exercising special effort, hasten, trans. (POxy 121, 12 [III A.D.] σπεῦσον τοῦτο.—Sir 36:7 καιρόν) or strive for (Od. 19, 137; Pind., P. 3, 61f [109f] βίον ἀθάνατον; Hdt. 1, 38; Thu. 5, 16, 1, also Is 16:5 δικαιοσύνην) τὶ someth. τὴν παρουσίαν τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμέρας 2 Pt 3:12 (s. Mayor, comm. ad loc.).—B. 971.
    ③ to be very interested in discharging an obligation, be zealous, exert oneself, be industrious, in the Gr-Rom. world a mark of civic excellence (σπουδή 2) σπεύσῃ τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ B 19:1.—DELG. M-M.

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  • 6 nitor

    1.
    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.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    nixus in hastam,

    Verg. A. 12, 398.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

    Ov. H. 21, 100.—
    (δ).
    With gen. of place:

    humi nitens,

    Verg. A. 2, 380.—
    (ε).
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
    B.
    To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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.
    2.
    nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

    Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
    II.
    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.—
    B.
    Of character, dignity, excellence:

    generis,

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

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > nitor

  • 7 Nixi

    1.
    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.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    nixus in hastam,

    Verg. A. 12, 398.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

    Ov. H. 21, 100.—
    (δ).
    With gen. of place:

    humi nitens,

    Verg. A. 2, 380.—
    (ε).
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
    B.
    To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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.
    2.
    nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

    Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
    II.
    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.—
    B.
    Of character, dignity, excellence:

    generis,

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

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Nixi

  • 8 Nixus

    1.
    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.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    nixus in hastam,

    Verg. A. 12, 398.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

    Ov. H. 21, 100.—
    (δ).
    With gen. of place:

    humi nitens,

    Verg. A. 2, 380.—
    (ε).
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
    B.
    To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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.
    2.
    nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

    Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
    II.
    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.—
    B.
    Of character, dignity, excellence:

    generis,

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

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Nixus

  • 9 ἐριδαίνω

    ἐρῐδ-αίνω, [tense] impf.
    A

    ἠρίδαινον Babr.68.3

     : [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. I

    ἐρίδηνα A.R.1.89

     : —[voice] Med., Q.S.5.105 : [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. I inf.

    ἐρῑδήσασθαι Il.23.792

     (with vv. ll., dub.) ; elsewh. Hom. uses only [tense] pres. : ([etym.] ἐρίζω):—wrangle, quarrel,

    μετ' ἀνδράσι Od.21.310

    ;

    αὔτως γάρ ῥ' ἐπέεσσ' ἐριδαίνομεν Il.2.342

     ;

    νῦν δὲ περὶ πτωχῶν ἐ. Od.18.403

     ;

    εἰ δὴ σφὼ ἕνεκα θνητῶν ἐ. Il.1.574

     ; εἵνεκα τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐ. we strive (as for a prize) for her excellence, Od.2.206 : c. dat.,

    Εὖρός τε Νότος τ' ἐριδαίνετον ἀλλήλοιιν.. πελεμιζέμεν Il.16.765

    , cf. A.R.1.89 ; also

    ἀντία πάντων.. ἐριδαινέμεν οἶος Od.1.79

     ; τι in a thing, Call.Dian. 262 ; of war, first in A.R.2.986, etc.:—[voice] Med., ποσσὶν ἐριδήσασθαι compete in the foot-race, Il.23.792.—[dialect] Ep. word: also c. acc., τεθυμωμένον ἄνδρα μὴ ἐριδαίνειν (fort. - δμαίνειν) Demetr.Byz. ap.Ath.10.452d ; Luc.Pisc.6 may be a reminiscence of A.R.1.89.

    Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐριδαίνω

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