absistit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →absisto, absistere, absistiti, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
withdraw from; desist, cease; leave off; depart, go away from; stand back;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...nondum sesquipedalis erat. 10 Quis puer hic nitidis absistit Ianthidos undis? Effugit dominam Naida numquid Hylas? O bene..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...procul agmine nostro et procul este mari cunctisque absistite bellis. vos ego nec Graias umquam contendere ad urbes..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...sociae ueritus commercia uittae Amphiaraus ait, 'ne, quaeso! absistite ferro, unus auum sanguis, neue indulgete furori, tuque prior..."Liber III
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...saxo petierit,quis panem dederit; uos timere absistite;illis reuertor hostis qui me laeserunt." III. Aesopus et Rusticus..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aerei claudunt vectes aeternaque ferri robora, nec custos absistit limine Ianus. has, ubi certa sedet patribus sententia pugnae..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...procul, o procul este, profani,' conclamat vates, 'totoque absistite luco; tuque invade viam vaginaque eripe ferrum: nunc animis..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...agens telis nemora inter frondea turbam; nec prius absistit, quam septem ingentia victor corpora fundat humi, et numerum..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae nec prius absistit fessam oppugnare carinam, quam velut in captae descendat moenia..."