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nixor

to lean; rest upon; to strive, endeavor poetic
dep. n. [1. nitor], to lean or rest upon; to strive, endeavor (poet.).
N. cr •
Lit., Lucr. 6, 836; 3, 1001: pars vulnere clauda retentat Nixantem (serpentem), Verg. A. 5, 279 Wagner N. cr.—
to depend upon figuratively •
Trop., to depend upon: fundamenta, quibus nixatur vita salusque, Lucr. 4, 506.
Perseus ID: n31057 Key: nixor