institisset
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. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd - Entry →insisto, insistere, institi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
stand/tread upon, stand, stop; press on, persevere (with); pursue, set about;
sg. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...Papirius in medium curiae progressus, quid mater audire institisset, quid ipse matri dixisset, rem, sicut fuerat, denarrat. Senatus..."Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...principibus, digna regibus. [75] Quae cum dixisset paulumque institisset, Quid est? inquit; satisne vobis videor pro meo iure..."Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...castra animaduertit, fatebatur quidem peccatum, quod pridie non institisset uictis, sed aliquanto maiorem culpam esse, quod nocte foret..."Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fulgere, tum et ipse acie excessit. Quinctius cum institisset cedentibus, repente quia erigentes hastas Macedonas conspexerat, quidnam pararent..."