obsistat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obsisto, obsistere, obstiti, obstitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
oppose, resist; stand in the way; make a stand against, withstand;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...mihi negotium, nec quisquamst tam opulentus, qui mi obsistat in via, nec strategus nec tyrannus quisquam, nec agoranomus..."Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quisquam tam audax fuat homo, qui obviam obsistat mihi. nam mihi quidem hercle qui minus liceat deo minitarier..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tergo exercitus qui, nisi nos vincimus, hosti obsistat, nec Alpes aliae sunt, quas dum superant, comparari nova possint..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...gesserunt. Ingens ipse virium atque animi. Sin vis obsistat, ferro quam fame aequius perituros. Cossinius in proxima villa..."