institerant
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. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →insisto, insistere, institi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
stand/tread upon, stand, stop; press on, persevere (with); pursue, set about;
pl. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...consumpserat omnem materiam ficti, dilataque tempora taedae institerant, unusque dies restabat. at illa crinalem capiti vittam nataeque sibique..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...locutum; ales erat. numeroque novem sua fata querentes institerant ramis imitantes omnia picae. miranti sic orsa deae..." - G
de Bello Alexandrino
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...subsecuti constanterque in eos qui in litore aequo institerant impetum fecerunt, omnes Pharitae terga verterunt. His pulsis custodia..." - T
Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romani fusi atque in castra compulsi sunt. non institere perculsis hostes. praetores Romani, ne postero die castra oppugnarentur..." - T
Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...prominentem acie. Impulsis deinde ac trepide referentibus pedem institere ac tenore uno per praeceps pauore fugientium agmen..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...absumptis priore anno consulibus, crudeli superboque nobis bello institere.' Agunt cum Terentilio tribuni, dilataque in speciem actione..."