adsistens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adsisto, adsistere, adstiti, adstatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
take a position/stand (near/by), attend; appear before; set/place near;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...usquam conspicere amissum fetum, completque querellis frondiferum nemus adsistens et crebra revisit ad stabulum desiderio perfixa iuvenci..." - M
XIX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...hinc verberibus armatus. super ora, super oculos iacentis adsistens clamabam: 'furiose, demens, tace!' et ille velut exustis amputatisque..." 
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ictus labitur effractamque aperit uictoribus urbem. cui super adsistens, 'non infitiamur honorem mortis' ait 'refer huc oculos..."- P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...hostilem moriens petit ore cruento. quem Turnus super adsistens: 'Arcades, haec' inquit 'memores mea dicta referte Evandro: qualem..." - P
Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...insignia gestabat, retro evasit; hostiaque, quae muniebantur hibernaculis adsistens, semifacta opera fuga perrupit seque vallo extulit; et pila..."