enitor

enitor

Latin

Etymology

    From ex- + nītor.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    ēnītor (present infinitive ēnītī, perfect active ēnīsus sum or ēnīxus sum); third conjugation, deponent

    1. to bear, give birth
      Synonyms: prōcreō, genō, gignō, suscipiō, prōdō, pariō, creō, cōnītor, edō, efficiō
      Antonym: necō
    2. to strive, struggle
      Synonyms: lūctor, certō, cōnītor, cōnor, ēlabōrō, temptō, appetō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, īnsequor, studeō, contendō, adnītor, labōrō, pugnō, molior, perīclitor, nītor, spectō
    3. to climb, ascend
      Synonyms: īnscendō, cōnscendō, ascendō, escendō, succēdō, superscandō, scandō, suprascandō, subeō, ērēpō
      Antonyms: dēscendō, dēcurrō

    Conjugation

    References

    • enitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • enitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • enitor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omni ope atque opera or omni virium contentione eniti, ut
      • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: pro viribus eniti et laborare, ut