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).
I 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.—
II Trop.
A Relying or depending upon any thing.
α 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.—
β With ex : Latini subnixo animo ex victoriā inerti, consilium ineunt, Cael. (or Quadrig.) ap. Non. 405, 29; cf. Gell. 17, 2, 4.—
γ Absol. : subnixus et fidens innocentiae animus, Liv. 4, 42, 5.—
B Subject to : servitute, Tert. Patient. 4.