• gnīxus
• nīsus

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): [ˈniːk.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): [ˈnik.sus]

Fromnītor +‎-tus(forming action nouns).

nīxus m (genitivenīxūs);fourth declension

1. pressure(downward push)
2. astriving,effort,exertion
3. (especially)travail,throes (inchildbearing)

Fourth-declension noun.

Perfect active participle ofnītor(“to rest upon; etc.”).

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

1. havingrested upon,leaned on
2. havingpressed forward,advanced
3. havingmounted,climbed,ascended
4. havingstrained in giving birth
5. (figuratively) havingstruggled,endeavoured
6. (figuratively) havingcontended in argument,argued
7. (figuratively) havingrested,relied,depended upon

First/second-declension adjective.

• “nixus¹”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nixus²”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nīxus¹”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "nixus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange,Glossarium 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)),Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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