institi
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;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1st - Entry →insisto, insistere, institi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
stand/tread upon, stand, stop; press on, persevere (with); pursue, set about;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
- T
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...EPIG. Vbi cenas hodie? STICH. Sic hanc rationem institi: amicam ego habeo Stephanium hinc ex proxumo, tui fratris..." - T
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...adest benignitas. et hoc parum hercle more amatorum institi: ~per mea per conatus sum uos sumque inde exilico..." - P
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...duplici spe utier. petam hinc unde a primo institi..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...sine exitu torquebat, quae bilem movet nec effundit. Institi itaque gubernatori et illum, vellet nollet, coegi, peteret litus..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...raptim grabatum subiret annecteretque pedes et manus institis, quibus sponda culcitam ferebat, ac sic ut olim Vlixes..."