sub-nixus (-nīsus), a, um, Part. [nitor]
* Supported from beneath, under-propped, propped up, supported by, resting or leaning upon any thing, etc. (class., esp. in the trop. sense; cf. suffultus).
* Lit.: (duos circulos) caeli verticibus ipsis ex utrāque parte subnixos vides,Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21: solioque alte subnixa resedit,Verg. A. 1, 506: parva Philoctetae subnixa Petelia muro, supported, i. e. defended by, id. ib. 3, 402: subnixae nubibus altis,id. Cir. 195: cubito subnixa,id. ib. 348: Caesariem tunc forte Venus subnixa corusco Fingebat solio, Claud. Epith. Hon. et Mar. 99; Aus. Cent. Nupt. 48: subnixas jugis immanibus aedes,Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 49: galea coruscis subnixa cristis,Sil. 2, 398: subnixis alis me inferam,i. e. with my arms a-kimbo,Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 6.
* Trop.
* Relying or depending upon any thing.
* With abl.: victoriis divitiisque subnixus,Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46: cum Bastarnas cernerent subnixos Thracum auxiliis,Liv. 41, 19: Hannibal subnixus victoriā Cannensi,id. 25, 41; cf. id. 26, 13: validis propinquitatibus subnixus,Tac. A. 11, 1: civitas tot illustribus viris subnixa,id. ib. 1, 11: arrogantiā subnixi,Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 246: robore mentis,Mart. 1, 40, 7: manu servorum,Ascon. ad Cic. Mil. 8.
* Subject to: servitute,Tert. Patient. 4.
* Absol.: subnixus et fidens innocentiae animus,Liv. 4, 42, 5.