ē-nītor — Lewis & Short
ē-nītor, -nīsus or -nixus (enixus, of bodily exertion, esp. of childbirth: enisus, of labor for an end, esp. of mental effort, etc.,
I v. infra), 3, v. dep. n. and act.
I Neutr.
A To force or work one's way out; or (more freq.) to force one's way up, to mount up, climb, ascend.
1 Lit.:
per angustias aditus et ingruentem multitudinem,Tac. A. 16, 5; cf. Liv. 30, 24; 21, 36:
dum cohortes in aequum eniterentur,Tac. A. 2, 80 fin.:
adeo erat impedita vallis, ut in ascensu, nisi sublevati a suis, primi non facile eniterentur,Caes. B. C. 2, 34, 5; cf. Liv. 2, 65; Ov. M. 2, 64; Hor. C. 3, 3, 10:
sol per ardua enisus,Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264:
in editiora,Tac. A. 1, 70:
in verticem montis,Curt. 7, 11:
enisae legiones in aperta,Tac. A. 1, 65:
Vitellius in editiora enisus,id. ib. 1, 70.—Poet.:
viribus eniti quarum assuescant (vites),by whose strength they may mount up, Verg. G. 2, 360:
opibus fratris enisus,Tac. A. 14, 28.—
2 Trop.:
nihil tam alte natura constituit, quo virtus non posset eniti,Curt. 7, 11, 10.—
B In gen., to exert one's self, to make an effort, to struggle, strive, sc. to accomplish something.—With ut:
enitare, contendas, efficias, ut, etc.,Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 5; so id. Lael. 16, 59; id. Off. 3, 10, 42; id. Rep. 2, 30; id. Att. 9, 15, 4:
tantum celeritate navis enisus est, ut, etc.,Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 4:
ab adulescentia ita se enisum ut ab optimo quoque probaretur,Sall. J. 22, 2; Liv. 42, 46 et saep.—With ne:
illud pugna et enitere, ne, etc.,Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 3; so Sall. J. 10 fin.—Pass. impers.:
ab eisdem summa ope enisum, ne tale decretum fieret,Sall. J. 25, 2.—Less commonly with inf.:
corrigere mihi gnatum porro enitere,Ter. And. 3, 4, 17 Ruhnk.; so Sall. J. 14, 1; Hor. C. 3, 27, 47; id. A. P. 236.—Absol.:
ego, quod potero, enitar sedulo,Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 15; Cic. Rep. 6, 24 (twice); Quint. 7, 10, 14 al.; cf.:
pro aliquo,Ter. Ph. 3, 1, 11:
in aliqua re,Cic. de Or. 2, 72 fin.:
ad dicendum,id. ib. 1, 4, 14: quod (acc. respect, v. A. and S. Gr. §
232, 3): quidem certe enitar,Cic. Att. 16, 6, 2; cf. id. ib. 13, 25 fin., Orell. N. cr.—
II Act. (perh. not ante-Aug.).
A To bring forth, bear children or young:
plures enisa partus decessit,Liv. 40, 4: enixa, with acc., Quint. 6 prooem. § 4; Tac. A. 2, 84; 14, 12; Suet. Tib. 4; Verg. A. 3, 391; 8, 44; Ov. M. 1, 670; 3, 344 et saep.—Absol., Quint. 5, 13, 9; Tac. A. 5, 1; Suet. Calig. 25; id. Ner. 23 al.—
B To climb up, ascend a place:
Pyrenaeum et Alpes et immensa viarum spatia aegre,Tac. H. 1, 23 fin.:
aggerem,id. A. 2, 20:
totum spatium,Col. 2, 2, 27.— Hence, ēnixus (ēnīsus), a, um, P. a.
A Strenuous, earnest, zealous:
faciebat enixo studio, ne, etc.,Liv. 42, 3; cf.
opera (with prompta), Frontin. Strat. 2, 5, 30: virtus,Liv. 6, 24 fin.:
voluntas,Dig. 31, 1, 77, § 23:
enixo studio petere,Val. Max. 8, 15, ext. 1.—Comp.:
opera,Sen. Ben. 6, 17; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32.—*
B ēnixa, that has ceased to bear, Col. 6, 22, 1 Schneid.—Adv.
a ēnixe, strenuously, earnestly, zealously:
expeto,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 26:
causam suscipere,Cic. Sest. 16, 38; Caes. B. C. 3, 35 fin.; Liv. 4, 26 fin.; 41; 6, 40;
26, 47: petere,Sen. Ep. 95, 2 et saep.—Comp., Liv. 29, 1; Suet. Tib. 50; id. Galb. 3:
enixius orare, Greg. M. Dial. 4, 38 al.: animum imperatoris enixius deprecari,Amm. 15, 7; App. M. 2, p. 117, 20.—Sup., Suet. Caes. 5.—*
b ēnixim, the same, Sisenn. ap. Non. 107, 19.!*? ēnixus or ēnīsus, a, um, in pass. signif.
1 Born:
quod in luco Martis enixi sunt,Just. 43, 2, 7.—
2 Impers.: ab eisdem illis regis fautoribus summa ope enisum, ne tale decretum fieret, striven to their utmost to prevent, etc., Sall. J. 25, 2.