consistebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →consisto, consistere, constiti, constitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stop/stand/halt/cease; pause, linger; stop spreading/flowing; take a position;; stand together/fast; consist of/be reckoned in; rest/depend upon; be unaltered;; make a stand; stay, remain (fixed), stand still/erect/upright; correspond to;; come about, exist; fall due (tax); be established; remain valid/applicable;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
de Bello Hispaniensi
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...Africa quam secum adduxerat; +reliquae ex fugitivis auxiliares consistebant+: nam de levi armatura et equitatu longe et virtute..."Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...amnem coepere. satellites tyranni media fere in acie consistebant; tyrannus cum tribus summum equitibus, inter quos plerumque Alexamenus..."