instamus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →insto, instare, institi, -:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
pursue, threaten; approach, press hard; be close to (w/DAT); stand in/on;
pl. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...conveniet pronuntiatio: illa transcurrimus congerimus [abundamus] festinamus, hac instamus inculcamus infigimus. Plus autem adfectus habent lentiora, ideoque Roscius..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...inertia motu corpora, suspensaeque carent conamine uires. instamus iactu telorum, et ferrea nimbis certat hiems, ustaeque sudes fractique..."