adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
subnīxus
subnīxus (feminine subnīxa, neuter subnīxum)
Classical[sʊbˈniːk.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[subˈnik.sus]
Meaning
- adjectivesupported by
- adjectiveresting on
- adjectiverelying on
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | subnīxus | subnīxa | subnīxum |
| genitive | subnīxī | subnīxae | subnīxī |
| dative | subnīxō | subnīxae | subnīxō |
| accusative | subnīxum | subnīxam | subnīxum |
| ablative | subnīxō | subnīxā | subnīxō |
| vocative | subnīxe | subnīxa | subnīxum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | subnīxī | subnīxae | subnīxa |
| genitive | subnīxōrum | subnīxārum | subnīxōrum |
| dative | subnīxīs | subnīxīs | subnīxīs |
| accusative | subnīxōs | subnīxās | subnīxa |
| ablative | subnīxīs | subnīxīs | subnīxīs |
| vocative | subnīxī | subnīxae | subnīxa |
sub-nixus (-nīsus), a, um, Part. [nitor],
I. supported from beneath, under-propped, propped up, supported by, resting or leaning upon any thing, etc. (class., esp. in the trop. sense; cf. suffultus).
I. Lit.:
(duos circulos) caeli verticibus ipsis ex utrāque parte subnixos vides, Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21: solioque alte subnixa resedit, Verg. A. 1, 506: parva Philoctetae subnixa Petelia muro, supported, i. e. defended by, id. ib. 3, 402: subnixae nubibus altis, id. Cir. 195: cubito subnixa, id. ib. 348: Caesariem tunc forte Venus subnixa corusco Fingebat solio, Claud. Epith. Hon. et Mar. 99; Aus. Cent. Nupt. 48: subnixas jugis immanibus aedes, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 49: galea coruscis subnixa cristis, Sil. 2, 398: subnixis alis me inferam, i. e. with my arms a-kimbo, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 6.—II. Trop.
A. Relying or depending upon any thing.
(a). With abl.:
victoriis divitiisque subnixus, Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46: cum Bastarnas cernerent subnixos Thracum auxiliis, Liv. 41, 19: Hannibal subnixus victoriā Cannensi, id. 25, 41; cf. id. 26, 13: validis propinquitatibus subnixus, Tac. A. 11, 1: civitas tot illustribus viris subnixa, id. ib. 1, 11: arrogantiā subnixi, Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 246: robore mentis, Mart. 1, 40, 7: manu servorum, Ascon. ad Cic. Mil. 8.—(b). With ex: Latini subnixo animo ex victoriā inerti, consilium ineunt, Cael. (or Quadrig.) ap. Non. 405, 29; cf. Gell. 17, 2, 4.—
(g). Absol.:
subnixus et fidens innocentiae animus, Liv. 4, 42, 5.—B. Subject to:
servitute, Tert. Patient. 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sub-nīxus (-nīsus)
P., supported, propped, leaning, resting upon, sustained: (circuli) caeli verticibus subnixi: Parva Philoctetae subnixa Petelia muro, i. e. defended, V.—Fig., assured, confiding, relying, dependent: subnixus et fidens innocentiae animus, L.: victoriis divitiisque: auxiliis, L.: artis adrogantiā.