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nituntur

nituntur 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 plural present passive indicative.

Found 37 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 6.37.10: perrumpere nituntur seque ipsi adhortantur, ne tantam fortunam ex manibus dimittant.

Plautus, Mostellaria 1.2.128: nitúntur, ut alií sibi esse illórum similis éxpetant.

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.