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
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..."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..."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..."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..."