annitor

Latin

Etymology

From ad- +‎ nītor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈniː.tor/, [änˈniːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈni.tor/, [änˈniːt̪or]

Verb

annītor (present infinitive annītī, perfect active annīxus sum or annīsus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to press or lean upon or against
   • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 3.61:

     Prīmī omnium Ephesiī adiēre, memorantēs nōn, ut vulgus crēderet, Diānam atque Apollinem Dēlō genitōs: esse apud sē Cenchrium amnem, lūcum Ortygiam, ubi Lātōnam partū gravidam et oleae, quae tum etiam maneat, adnīsam ēdidisse ea nūmina, deōrumque monitū sacrātum nemus, atque ipsum illīc Apollinem post interfectōs Cyclōpās lovis īram vītāvisse.

     First went the Ephesians, reminding that Diana and Apollo weren't born, as people believe, on Delos: that in their region there was the river Cenchrius and the grove Ortygia, where Latona, pregnant with her issue and leant on an olive tree which survives even these days, gave birth to those gods; and the grove was sacred by the gods' injunction, and that Apollo himself had avoided the anger of Jupiter after killing the Cyclops.

2. to strive, exert

   Synonyms: certō, cōnītor, cōnor, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, ēnītor, contendō, labōrō, molior, perīclitor, nītor, spectō

3. Alternative form of adnītor
   • c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitruō pro.13–16:

     Haec ut mē voltis approbāre, annītier
     lucrum ut perenne vōbīs semper suppetat,
     ita huic faciētis fābulae silentium
     itaque aequī et iūstī hīc eritis omnēs arbitrī.

     As you wish me to approve of these [wishes], to strive
     so that constant gain will always come to you,
     so you shall be silent during this play
     and so you shall all be impartial and just judges.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of annītor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	annītor		annīteris, annītere		annītitur		annītimur		annītiminī		annītuntur
	imperfect	annītēbar		annītēbāris, annītēbāre		annītēbātur		annītēbāmur		annītēbāminī		annītēbantur
	future	annītar		annītēris, annītēre		annītētur		annītēmur		annītēminī		annītentur
	perfect	annīxus or annīsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	annīxus or annīsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	annīxus or annīsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	annītar		annītāris, annītāre		annītātur		annītāmur		annītāminī		annītantur
	imperfect	annīterer		annīterēris, annīterēre		annīterētur		annīterēmur		annīterēminī		annīterentur
	perfect	annīxus or annīsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	annīxus or annīsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		annītere		—		—		annītiminī		—
	future	—		annītitor		annītitor		—		—		annītuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		annītī, annītier1			—			annītēns			—
future		annīxūrum esse, annīsūrum esse			—			annīxūrus, annīsūrus			annītendus, annītundus
perfect		annīxum esse, annīsum esse			—			annīxus, annīsus			—
future perfect		annīxum fore, annīsum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		annīxūrum fuisse, annīsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		annītendī		annītendō		annītendum		annītendō		annīxum, annīsum		annīxū, annīsū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

References

• “annitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “annitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• annitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.