obnitor

ob-nītor, xus (rarely nīsus), 3 ( inf. obnitier for obniti, Lucr. 4, 437), v. dep., to bear, press, push, struggle, or strive against any thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.); constr. with the dat., acc., or absol.

I.

Lit.:

taurus Arboris obnixus trunco,

Verg. A. 12, 105:

contra,

id. ib. 5, 21:

toto corpore obnitendum,

Quint. 5, 13, 11:

remi Obnixi crepuere,

Verg. A. 5, 205: densis ales (Lachm. aquila hinc) pinnis obnixa volabat Vento, Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6, 31, p. 354 Lion. (Ann. v. 148 Vahl.):

obnixi (al. obnisi) urgebant,

Liv. 34, 46.—In pass. signif.: obnixo genu scuto, set or pressed against, Nep. Chabr. 1, 2.—

Of things: navigia fractas obnitier undas,

Lucr. 4, 437.—

II.

Trop.

1.

To strive against, to resist, oppose (class. only in Part.):

stant obnisi,

Liv. 7, 33, 12:

cum saepe obnitens repugnasset,

Vell. 2, 89, 5; 2, 123, 2:

stant obnixa omnia contra,

Verg. A. 10, 359:

venti obnixi lacerant nubila,

Stat. Th. 5, 366:

adversis,

Tac. A. 15, 11.—

2.

To strive, endeavor; with inf.:

triumphum Pauli impedire obnitebantur,

Vell. 1, 9, 6.—Hence, obnixus ( obnīsus ), a, um, P. a., steadfast, firm, resolute:

(velim) obnixos vos stabili gradu impetum hostium excipere,

Liv. 6, 12:

firmitas,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 105:

obnixus curam sub corde premebat,

Verg. A. 4, 332.—In neutr., adverb., resolutely, obstinately:

obnixum. Pauline, taces,

Aus. Ep. 25, 28.—Hence, adv.: obnixē ( obnīsē ), lit., striving against; hence, in gen., with all one's strength, with might and main, strenuously, obstinately:

obnixe omnia Facere,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 134:

oboedire,

Liv. 4, 26, 12 (dub.;

Weissenb. enixe): petere,

Sen. Ep. 95, 1 (Haase, enixe; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 781). — Comp.:

argumentari,

Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 1, 3.