absistunt
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;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...flumina ripis, oblato donec paulum cunctata profundo incidit. absistunt fluctus et gnara futuri dant pavida alta viam, celsis..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uulneribus ceu mille grauis totosque per artus saucius: absistunt socii monstrantque gementes. tandem ille abiectis, uix quae portauerat..."Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...armis luce palam, fusus nulli nullique fugatus, quaeritur: absistunt turmae, suspectaque tellus omnibus, infidi miles uestigia campi circumit..."Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...pondus?' et arreptum nullo conamine iecit in latus. absistunt procul attonitique fatentur cedere; uix unus Phlegyas acerque Menestheus..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...agitur furiis, totoque ardentis ab ore scintillae absistunt, oculis micat acribus ignis, mugitus veluti cum prima in proelia..."