subnixus

sub-nīxus (-nīsus)

P., supported, propped, leaning, resting upon, sustained: (circuli) caeli verticibus subnixi: Parva Philoctetae subnixa Petelia muro, i. e. defended, V.—Fig., assured, confiding, relying, dependent: subnixus et fidens innocentiae animus, L.: victoriis divitiisque: auxiliis, L.: artis adrogantiā.