nisu

nisu is a Latin form of nitor, meaning “(verb nitor, niti) lean on, rely on; strive, struggle; (noun nitor) brightness, splendor”.

It can also be a form of nisus, “pressure, effort, striving”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun or supine dative singular neuter.

Found 75 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 2.48: … Niptris ille sapientissimus Graeciae saucius lamentatur vel modice potius: pedetemptim, inquit, ite et sedató nisu Ne súccussu arripiát maior Dolor

All forms of nitor (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.