nixus — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

nixus, ūs, m. 1. nitor, a pressure (the same as nisus, v. 2, nisus). Lit.: astra se nixu suo conglobata continent, revolution, course, * Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 117. — Transf., a striving, exertion, effort: hic ad summum non pervenit nixu (al. nisu), sed impetu, Quint. 8, 4, 9; 1, 12, 10. — In partic., pains, throes, travail of parturition: fetūs nixibus edunt, Verg. G. 4, 199; Ov. H. 4, 126: laboriosi nixūs, Gell. 12, 1, 4.— Nixus, a constellation; v. Engonasi.

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