nixŭrĭo

I. v. a. desid. [nixus, from nitor], to wish to lean or rest upon: nixurit qui niti vult et in conatu saepius aliquā re perpellitur, Nigid. 144, 20.—

II. Transf., for parturio, to wish to bring forth: nixurio, φιλοτοκέω, Gloss. Philox.