obstandos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obsto, obstare, obstiti, -:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
oppose, hinder; (w/DAT);
acc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...servaverat, 'nihil' inquit 'egisti, fortuna, omnibus conatibus meis obstando. Non pro mea adhuc sed pro patriae libertate pugnavi..."Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...explicandam aciem locus esset. conferti in portis obstando magis quam pugnando castra tutabantur. sub occasum solis cum recessissent..."