nititur

nititur is a Latin form of nitor, meaning “(verb nitor, niti) lean on, rely on; strive, struggle; (noun nitor) brightness, splendor”. It is the 3rd person singular present passive indicative.

Found 67 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 1.1.15: … pugnat. non id agit ut alicuius eloquentiam mihi opponat; non gratia, non auctoritate cuiusquam, non potentia nititur. simulat his se rebus confidere; sed video quid agat; neque enim agit occultissime. proponit inania mihi nobi …

Ovid, Heroides 6.86: Nititur et tenebris abdere solis equos;

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.