LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

nīxus

nīxus m (genitive nīxūs)
Classical[ˈniːk.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈnik.sus]

Meaning

  1. pressure (downward push)
  2. a striving, effort, exertion
  3. especiallytravail, throes (in childbearing)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenīxusnīxūs
genitivenīxūsnīxuum
nīsuum
dativenīxuī
nīsuī		nīxibus
nīsibus
accusativenīxum
nīsum		nīxūs
ablativenīxū
nīsū		nīxibus
nīsibus
vocativenīxusnīxūs

nixus and nīsus, a, um, Part., from 1. nitor.
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.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin nītor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin nīxus From nītor + -tus (forming action nouns).

In English words that came into English from nīxus

  • nisusnīsus

Quick answers

What does nīxus mean in Latin?
nīxus, a noun, means “pressure (downward push); a striving, effort, exertion; travail, throes (in childbearing)”.
What is the genitive of nīxus?
The genitive singular is nīxūs. nīxus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce nīxus?
In classical Latin, [ˈniːk.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈnik.sus].