Difference between revisions of "Nisus"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_148092" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_148092" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate feces or urine. </p> <p> (2): (n.) A striving; an effort; a conatus. </p> <p> (3): (n.) The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate feces or urine. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] striving; an effort; a conatus. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77266" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77266" /> == | ||
<p> A Trojan youth who accompanied Æneas into Italy, and whose friendship for Euryulus is so pathetically immortalised by [[Virgil]] in the ninth book of the "Æneid." </p> | <p> [[A]] Trojan youth who accompanied Æneas into Italy, and whose friendship for Euryulus is so pathetically immortalised by [[Virgil]] in the ninth book of the "Æneid." </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 06:33, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate feces or urine.
(2): ( n.) A striving; an effort; a conatus.
(3): ( n.) The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A Trojan youth who accompanied Æneas into Italy, and whose friendship for Euryulus is so pathetically immortalised by Virgil in the ninth book of the "Æneid."
