enitor
Latin
Etymology
From ex- + nītor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈniː.tor/, [eːˈniːt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈni.tor/, [eˈniːt̪or]
Verb
ēnītor (present infinitive ēnītī, perfect active ēnīsus sum or ēnīxus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- I bear, give birth
- Synonyms: prōcreō, genō, gignō, suscipiō, prōdō, pariō, creō, cōnītor, edō, efficiō
- Antonym: necō
- I strive, struggle
- Synonyms: lūctor, certō, cōnītor, cōnor, ēlabōrō, temptō, appetō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, īnsequor, studeō, contendō, adnītor, labōrō, pugnō, molior, perīclitor, nītor, spectō
- I climb, ascend
- Synonyms: īnscendō, cōnscendō, ascendō, escendō, succēdō, superscandō, scandō, suprascandō, subeō, ērēpō
- Antonyms: dēscendō, dēcurrō
Conjugation
| Conjugation of ēnītor (third conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | ēnītor | ēnīteris, ēnītere | ēnītitur | ēnītimur | ēnītiminī | ēnītuntur |
| imperfect | ēnītēbar | ēnītēbāris, ēnītēbāre | ēnītēbātur | ēnītēbāmur | ēnītēbāminī | ēnītēbantur | |
| future | ēnītar | ēnītēris, ēnītēre | ēnītētur | ēnītēmur | ēnītēminī | ēnītentur | |
| perfect | ēnīsus or ēnīxus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | ēnīsus or ēnīxus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | ēnīsus or ēnīxus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | ēnītar | ēnītāris, ēnītāre | ēnītātur | ēnītāmur | ēnītāminī | ēnītantur |
| imperfect | ēnīterer | ēnīterēris, ēnīterēre | ēnīterētur | ēnīterēmur | ēnīterēminī | ēnīterentur | |
| perfect | ēnīsus or ēnīxus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | ēnīsus or ēnīxus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | ēnītere | — | — | ēnītiminī | — |
| future | — | ēnītitor | ēnītitor | — | — | ēnītuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | ēnītī | ēnīsum esse, ēnīxum esse | ēnīsūrum esse, ēnīxūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | ēnītēns | ēnīsus, ēnīxus | ēnīsūrus, ēnīxūrus | — | — | ēnītendus, ēnītundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| ēnītendī | ēnītendō | ēnītendum | ēnītendō | ēnīsum, ēnīxum | ēnīsū, ēnīxū | ||
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, 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
- to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omni ope atque opera or omni virium contentione eniti, ut