innitor

in-nītor, nixus or nīsus, 3, v. dep., to lean or rest upon, to support one ' s self by any thing.

I.

Lit.

A.

In gen.:

vineis breves ad innitendum cannas circumdare,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 185.

(α).

With dat. and abl.:

innititur hastae,

Ov. M. 14, 655:

fractae hastae,

Stat. Th. 12, 144:

scutis innixi,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27:

templa vastis innixa columnis,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 49:

arbores radicibus innixae,

Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127:

hasta innixus,

Liv. 4, 19, 4:

moderamine navis,

Ov. M. 15, 726.—

(β).

With in and acc.:

in Pansam fratrem innixus,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 182.—

B.

In partic., to lean upon in order to press down, to press or bear upon:

elephantus lixam genu innixus,

Hirt. B. Afr. 84.—

II.

Trop.

A.

In gen.:

praecipuus, cui secreta imperatorum inniterentur,

Tac. A. 3, 30:

salutem suam incolumitati Pisonis,

id. ib. 15, 60:

omnia curae tutelaeque unius innixa,

Quint. 6, 1, 35:

tuis promissis freti et innixi,

Plin. Pan. 66, 5.—

B.

In partic., to end, terminate: syllabae nostrae in b litteram et d innituntur, Quint. 12, 10, 32.—

C.

Innixum sidus, i. q. En gonasi, Avien. Arat. 205.