nitibundus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]nītor (“rest on, lean on”) + -bundus
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /niː.tiˈbun.dus/, [niːt̪ɪˈbʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ni.tiˈbun.dus/, [nit̪iˈbun̪d̪us]
Adjective
[edit]nītibundus (feminine nītibunda, neuter nītibundum); first/second-declension adjective
- (with ablative)
- (post-classical) pressing against, straining, striving
- relying upon
- (with pondus) oppressive, weighty
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | nītibundus | nītibunda | nītibundum | nītibundī | nītibundae | nītibunda | |
Genitive | nītibundī | nītibundae | nītibundī | nītibundōrum | nītibundārum | nītibundōrum | |
Dative | nītibundō | nītibundō | nītibundīs | ||||
Accusative | nītibundum | nītibundam | nītibundum | nītibundōs | nītibundās | nītibunda | |
Ablative | nītibundō | nītibundā | nītibundō | nītibundīs | |||
Vocative | nītibunde | nītibunda | nītibundum | nītibundī | nītibundae | nītibunda |
References
[edit]- “nitibundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nitibundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.