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