Perfect active participle ofnītor(“I rest upon”).

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /ˈniːk.sus/,[ˈniːks̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /ˈnik.sus/,[ˈniksus]

nīxus (femininenīxa,neuternīxum);first/second-declension participle

1. rested upon,leaned on, having rested upon
2. pressed forward,advanced, having advanced
3. mounted,climbed,ascended, having been mounted
4. strained in giving birth, having strained in giving birth
5. (figuratively)struggled,endeavoured, having struggled
6. (figuratively)contended in argument,argued, having argued
7. (figuratively)rested,relied,depended upon, having depended upon

First/second-declension adjective.

nīxus m (genitivenīxūs);fourth declension

1. alternative form ofnīsus (pressure, strain)

Fourth-declension noun.

• “nixus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nixus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "nixus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• nixus inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• nixus inRamminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed))Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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