instent
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. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ille est 105qui, promptus metuenda pati, si comminus instent,et differre potest. placet haec tam prospera rerumtradere fortunae..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Pudentis, illi tu dabis haec uel occupato. Instent mille licet premantque curae, nostris carminibus tamen uacabit..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...agant agmina et tergis hostium [et] graves instent et ad mare magnum perfusi caede gentium veniant..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...dubiisque evincite rebus quae meminisse iuvet nostrisque nepotibus instent. hanc vero, socii, venientem litore laeti dulcibus adloquiis ludoque..."