strive Copy link Outline I. To make efforts1. nītor, nīsus and nixus, 32. ēnītor, nīsus or nixus, 3 (stronger than preced.)3. contendo, di, tum, 34. tendo, tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3 (mostly poet. in this sense)5. lăbōro, 16. stŭdeo, ui, 2 (to be eager or zealous)7. ŏpĕram do (with ut or ne)8. cōnor9. mōlior, ītus, 4 (rare in this sense)10. luctor, obluctorII. To strive in opposition to, to contend with • strive: I. To make efforts: 1. nītor, nīsus and nixus, 3: let each one s. his utmost, tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur, Cic. de Sen. 10, 33: to s. hard for (or in defence of) freedom, pro libertate summa ope n., Sall. J. 31, post med.: to s. that ... not, n. ne (with subj.), id. ib. 13, fin.: they s. to force their way through, perrumpere n., Caes. B. G. 6, 37, fin. Also with ad and gerundive: they s. to agitate the states, ad sollicitandas civitates n., id. ib. 7, 63, ad init. 2. ēnītor, nīsus or nixus, 3 (stronger than preced.): I will s. with all my strength and efforts, omni ope atque opera enitar, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 6: cf. summa ope niti, Sall. C. 1, init.: ego, quod potero, e. sedulo, Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 15: e. in aliqua re, Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 295: fight and s. that ... not, pugna et e. ne (with subj.), id. Fam. 3, 10, 3. Join: he who runs on the race-course ought to s. to win, qui stadium currit, e. et contendere debet ut vincat, id. Off. 3, 10, 42. Rarely with inf.: cf. Ter. Andr. 3, 4, 17. Cf. comps. annītor, obnītor, connītor (v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. vv.). 3. contendo, di, tum, 3: to s. to seek safety in flight, c. fuga salutem petere,., Caes. B. G. 3, 15: to s. with oars to gain that part of the island, c. remis ut eam partem insulae caperet, id. ib. 5, 8, med. Join: id c. et laborare, Caes. B. G. 1, 31, init.: to s. might and main, c. omnes nervos ut (with subj.), Cic. Fat. 10, 21: cf. id. Verr. Act. 1, 12, 35. 4. tendo, tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3 (mostly poet. in this sense): (Laocoon) s.s to wrench asunder with his hands the knots (of the serpent's coils), manibus t. divellere nodos, Virg. Aen. 2, 220: cf. fratres tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo, Hor. Od. 3, 4, 51: to s. to impose laws on a captured state, captae civitati leges imponere t., Liv. 6, 38, med. 5. lăbōro, 1: I s. to be concise, brevis esse l., Hor. A. P. 25: I strove to be loved by him, amari ab eo laboravi, Plin. Ep. 1, 10, init.: v. to exert (II.). 6. stŭdeo, ui, 2 (to be eager or zealous): he s.s to appear pleasing to them, illis gratum se videri s., Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70. Also with ut and subj.: Auct. B. Alex. 1. 7. ŏpĕram do (with ut or ne): v. pains. 8. cōnor: v. to endeavour. 9. mōlior, ītus, 4 (rare in this sense): s.ing to usurp the government, de occupando regno moliens, Cic. Rep. 2, 35, 60. 10. luctor, obluctor: v. to struggle. II. To strive in opposition to, to contend with: contendo, certo, decerto, etc. (v. to contend): v. also to vie with, to rival, to dispute (III.).
STRIVE Copy link • STRIVETo endeavor, niti or anniti ad aliquid: petere or appetere aliquid: expetere aliquid: affectare aliquid: aspirare ad aliquid: imminere in aliquid (☞ not ad aliquid) or alicui rei: sequi or persequi, sectari or consectari aliquid: studere alicui rei. To strive that, niti, eniti or id contendere, ut; operam dare, ut; studere, with an infinitive, or, more rarely, ut; omnibus nervis contendere, ut. To contend, Vid.