nitentem

nitentem 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 niteo, “shine, gleam; look sleek, thrive”. It is the present active participle accusative singular feminine or present active participle accusative singular masculine.

Found 28 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Letters to Brutus 1.4a.4: his litteris scriptis consulem te factum audivimus. tum vero incipiam proponere mihi rem publicam iustam et iam suis nitentem viribus si istuc videro. filius valet et in Macedoniam cum equitatu praemissus est. Idibus Maiis ex castris.

Lucan, Civil War 4.650: Nitentem in terras iuvenem. Morientis in artus

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.