nitibundus

Latin

Etymology

nītor (“rest on, lean on”) +‎ -bundus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niː.tiˈbun.dus/, [niːt̪ɪˈbʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ni.tiˈbun.dus/, [nit̪iˈbun̪d̪us]

Adjective

nītibundus (feminine nītibunda, neuter nītibundum); first/second-declension adjective

(with ablative)

1. (post-classical) pressing against, straining, striving
2. relying upon
3. (with pondus) oppressive, weighty

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nītibundus	nītibunda	nītibundum		nītibundī	nītibundae	nītibunda
Genitive	nītibundī	nītibundae	nītibundī		nītibundōrum	nītibundārum	nītibundōrum
Dative	nītibundō		nītibundō		nītibundīs
Accusative	nītibundum	nītibundam	nītibundum		nītibundōs	nītibundās	nītibunda
Ablative	nītibundō	nītibundā	nītibundō		nītibundīs
Vocative	nītibunde	nītibunda	nītibundum		nītibundī	nītibundae	nītibunda

References

• “nitibundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nitibundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.