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institisset

Dictionary entries

  • insto, instare, institi, -:

    Verb · 1st conjugation

    Frequency:
    Very Frequent

    = pursue, threaten; approach, press hard; be close to (w/DAT); stand in/on;

    Entry →
    sg. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
  • insisto, insistere, institi, -:

    Verb · 3rd conjugation

    Frequency:
    Lesser

    = stand/tread upon, stand, stop; press on, persevere (with); pursue, set about;

    Entry →
    sg. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd

Examples

  • A

    Liber I

    Aulus Gellius

    "...Papirius in medium curiae progressus, quid mater audire institisset, quid ipse matri dixisset, rem, sicut fuerat, denarrat. Senatus..."
  • M

    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..."
  • T

    Liber XLII

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...castra animaduertit, fatebatur quidem peccatum, quod pridie non institisset uictis, sed aliquanto maiorem culpam esse, quod nocte foret..."
  • T

    Liber XXXIII

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...fulgere, tum et ipse acie excessit. Quinctius cum institisset cedentibus, repente quia erigentes hastas Macedonas conspexerat, quidnam pararent..."

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