The corpus record — Latin

nixor

to lean

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Where it lives

De Rerum Natura 2 · 0.41/10k

What it meant

nixor — Lewis & Short

nixor, āri,

I dep. n. [1. nitor], to lean or rest upon; to strive, endeavor (poet.).

I Lit., Lucr. 6, 836; 3, 1001: pars vulnere clauda retentat Nixantem (serpentem), Verg. A. 5, 279 Wagner N. cr.—

II Trop., to depend upon: fundamenta, quibus nixatur vita salusque, Lucr. 4, 506.

In the wild

nixatur Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 4.506
nixantem Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 3.1000

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. nixor (scan p. 466; entry #7505).

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