- NISUS
- a Trojan youth who accompanied Æneas into Italy, and whose friendship for Euryulus is so pathetically immortalised by Virgil in the ninth book of the "Æneid."
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
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Nisus — Ni sus, n. [L., fr. niti, p. p. nisus, to strive.] 1. A striving; an effort; a conatus. [1913 Webster] A nisus or energizing towards a presented object. Hickok. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physiol.) (a) The periodic procreative desire manifested in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nisus — [nī′səs] n. pl. nisus [L < nisus, pp. of niti, to strive: for IE base see CONNIVE] effort; endeavor; impulse; specif., a) a seasonal desire to mate b) the muscular contractions used to expel waste, eggs, or a fetus from the body … English World dictionary
Nisus [1] — Nisus (Sagengesch.), s. Nisos … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Nisus [2] — Nisus (lat.), 1) Trieb; 2) körperliche Anstrengung. N. formativus, Bildungstrieb … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Nisus [3] — Nisus, Sperber; N. musĭcus, so v.w. Singfalke … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Nisus — Nisus, der Sperber … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
nisus — index conatus Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Nisus — ni·sus n. pl. nisus An effort or endeavor to realize an aim. [Latin nisus, from past participle of niti, to strive.] [1] In classical mythology, Nisus (or Nisos) may refer to: Nisus of Nisus and Euryalus, son of Hyrtacus, lover of Euryalus, in… … Wikipedia
NISUS — I. NISUS Comagenae Urbs, Antonin. II. NISUS Hyrtaci fil. Euryalo indissolubili amicitiae vin culô coniunctus; quorum historiam copiosê satis describit Virg. l. 9. Aen. v. 184. III. NISUS Megarensium Rex, prupureo capillô insignis, a quo, cum… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
nisus — /nuy seuhs/, n., pl. nisus. an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse. [1690 1700; < L nisus act of planting the feet, effort, equiv. to nit(i) to support or exert oneself + tus suffix of v. action, with tt > s] * * *… … Universalium
nisus — noun (plural nisus) Etymology: Latin, from niti to lean, rely, strive; akin to Latin nictare to wink more at connive Date: 1699 a mental or physical effort to attain an end ; a perfective urge or endeavor … New Collegiate Dictionary
