The corpus record — Latin

nixus2

and , , Part., from 1. nitor

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Where it lives

Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Fasti 1 · 0.32/10k
De Rerum Natura 1 · 0.21/10k

What it meant

1. nixus — Lewis & Short

nixus and nīsus, a, um,

Part., from 1. nitor.

2. nixus — Lewis & Short

nixus, ūs, m.1. nitor,

I a pressure (the same as nisus, v. 2, nisus).

I Lit.: astra se nixu suo conglobata continent, revolution, course, * Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 117. —

II Transf., a striving, exertion, effort: hic ad summum non pervenit nixu (al. nisu), sed impetu, Quint. 8, 4, 9; 1, 12, 10. —

B In partic., pains, throes, travail of parturition: fetūs nixibus edunt, Verg. G. 4, 199; Ov. H. 4, 126: laboriosi nixūs, Gell. 12, 1, 4.—

III Nixus, a constellation; v. Engonasi.

In the wild

nixibus Ovid, Fasti 5.171
nixibus Vergil, Georgicon 4.199
nixibus Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 5.225

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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