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nisus

 [ni´sus] (L.)
an effort, strong tendency, or endeavor to achieve an outcome or aim.
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A similar statement of the bond that unites them, which I have mentioned earlier, is Virgil's tribute over the death of the inseparable friends Euryalus and Nisus.
Poetic Authority in Dante and Virgil
The Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus and black kite Milvus migrans commonly found in open woodlands, marshes, desert grassland, partially cleared lands, and cultivated fields.
Comparison of Diet Analysis of Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus and Black Kite, Milvus migrans (Accipitridae: Accipitriformes) from Southern Punjab, Pakistan
Then Nisus slips in a thin pool of liquid Blood, hopes unfulfilled.
The hand of god: Diego Maradona and the divine nature of cheating in classical antiquity/A mao de deus: Diego Maradona e a natureza divina da trapaca na antiguidade classica
For a comprehensive study on Congar's communion ecclesiology, see Alain Nisus, L'Eglise comme communion et comme institution: une lecture de l'ecclesiologie du cardinal Congar a partir des Eglises de professants (Paris: Cerf, 2012).
Dumitru Staniloae on the filioque: the Trinitarian relationship between the son and the spirit and its relevance for the ecclesiological synthesis between Christology and pneumatology
Part and parcel of this deliberate, methodological stratagem is the ability and responsibility of understanding how to deal with conflict with a nisus toward resolution through cooperation, serving the best interests of the group, and sacrificing the self in order to participate in a decision-making process that chooses what is ideal for the entire community (Deats & Robb, 1986).
The art & ignominy of compromise: M. L. King, Jr., and the MFDP
I've got shiny Gnossian spears a polished sword a gleaming double-ax engraved in gold first place gets a noble horse second an Amazonian quiver full of Thracian arrows third place will be content with this Greek helmet" he speaks and soon enough they're off--bursting forth like startled deer NISUS tears ahead of the others faster than wind and wings and lightning followed five heartbeats later by SALIUS then EURYALUS next HELYMUS and DIORES hot on his heels And soon those weary runners draw close to the finish and unlucky Nisus already so certain of victory he's raising his arms SLIPS on some blood left over from bulls slaughtered in sacrifice sliding through the gore covers himself in entrails and shit.
from Aeneid, Book V: Funeral Games
This is a gripping account of the tale of Nisus and Euryalus after the fall of Troy, of how they follow Aeneas in a bid to settle and build a new Troy and of how the ghosts of the past and a thirst for revenge can subvert the best plans.
Lawrence, Caroline: The Night Raid
Virgil focuses on this aspect in Book IX through the story of Euryalus and Nisus.
War and tragedy and the fate of the spoken: Virgil's secularization of prophecy
Coprophanaeus pertyi - - (Olsoufieff, 1924) Deltochillum verruciferum - - Felsche, 1911 Dichotomius geminatus - - (Arrow, 1913) Dichotomius nisus (Olivier, 1789) - - Ontherus digitatus Harold, 1868 1 100 Onthophagus hirculus - - Mannerhein, 1829 Trichillum sp.
Beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) associated with pig carcasses exposed in a Caatinga area, Northeastern Brazil/Coleopteros (Insecta, Coleoptera) associados a carcacas de suinos em Caatinga, Nordeste do Brasil
Como diferencias entre especies, se encontro que las particulas externas de plomo, fueron mas frecuentes en las plumas del Accipiter nisus y del Passer domesticus, ambas especies adaptadas a habitats urbanos o semiurbanos, en comparacion con los valores encontrados para el Falco peregrinus silvestre y Lagopus lagopus, cuyos habitats son rurales (29).
Aves silvestres como bioindicadores de contaminacion ambiental y metales pesados
Feeding and development of Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus nestlings.
Brood reduction by infanticide in Peregrine Falcons
com)-- Nisus Corporation brought the green revolution to termite treatments in new construction and to wood preservation of railroad ties and utility poles.
A New Product from Nisus Corporation Offers Dramatic Cost Savings and Environmental Benefits to Swimming Pool Owners
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