nixabundus

Latin

Etymology

nīxor (“lean or rest upon; depend upon”) +‎ -bundus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niːk.saːˈbun.dus/, [niːks̠äːˈbʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nik.saˈbun.dus/, [niksäˈbun̪d̪us]

Adjective

nīxābundus (feminine nīxābunda, neuter nīxābundum); first/second-declension adjective

1. striving to support oneself

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nīxābundus	nīxābunda	nīxābundum		nīxābundī	nīxābundae	nīxābunda
Genitive	nīxābundī	nīxābundae	nīxābundī		nīxābundōrum	nīxābundārum	nīxābundōrum
Dative	nīxābundō		nīxābundō		nīxābundīs
Accusative	nīxābundum	nīxābundam	nīxābundum		nīxābundōs	nīxābundās	nīxābunda
Ablative	nīxābundō	nīxābundā	nīxābundō		nīxābundīs
Vocative	nīxābunde	nīxābunda	nīxābundum		nīxābundī	nīxābundae	nīxābunda

Related terms

• nītibundus
• nītor

References

• “nixabundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nixabundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.