annitor

== Latin == === Etymology === From ad- +‎ nītor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [anˈniː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [anˈniː.tor] === Verb === annītor (present infinitive annītī, perfect active annīxus sum or annīsus sum); third conjugation, deponent to press or lean upon or against to strive, exert Synonyms: certō, cōnītor, cōnor, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, ēnītor, contendō, labōrō, molior, perīclitor, nītor, spectō alternative form of adnītor c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitruō pro.13–16: Haec ut mē voltis approbāre, annītierlucrum ut perenne vōbīs semper suppetat,ita huic faciētis fābulae silentiumitaque aequī et iūstī hīc eritis omnēs arbitrī. As you wish me to approve of these [wishes], to striveso that constant gain will always come to you,so you shall be silent during this playand so you shall all be impartial and just judges. ==== Conjugation ==== 1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested. === References === “annitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “annitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “annitor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.