Nisus synonyms

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pains
(used in plural) Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.
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strain
An exceptional degree or pitch:
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BMEEG (related)
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Halifax/Bank (related)
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loxia (related)
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Nisus Sentence Examples

  • In the legend of Nisus and Scylla there is a trace of the custom which was still observed in classical times in the sacrifice of animals.

  • Megara was captured, and Nisus, who died fighting (or slew himself), was changed into a sea-eagle.

  • In Virgil, Scylla, the daughter of Nisus, is confused with the sea-monster, the daughter of Phorcys.

  • Nisus was the eponymous hero of the harbour of Nisaea, and local tradition makes no mention of his betrayal by his daughter.

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