insistens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →insisto, insistere, institi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
stand/tread upon, stand, stop; press on, persevere (with); pursue, set about;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...solvit dextra gravis. labentem propulit heros ac super insistens 'Pollux ego missus Amyclis et Iove natus.' ait 'nomen..."- P
Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...ludicrum edebat, habitu aurigae permixtus plebi vel curriculo insistens. unde quamquam adversus sontes et novissima exempla meritos miseratio..." - P
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...omnis poscentibus, donec Otho contra decus imperii toro insistens precibus et lacrimis aegre cohibuit, redieruntque in castra inviti..."