consistebat
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;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...armaturae maximum numerum. Has adversus copias spes omnis consistebat Datami in se locique natura: namque huius partem..."Liber VII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...contenderunt. Eorum ut quisque primus venerat, sub muro consistebat suorumque pugnantium numerum augebat. Quorum cum magna multitudo convenisset..."