obstanti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obsto, obstare, obstiti, -:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
oppose, hinder; (w/DAT);
abl. sg. pres. act. part.dat. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...nunc vasto ceu concitus imbribus amnis fertur et obstantis proturbat pectore silvas. cedit Agenorides paulum spolioque leonis sustinet..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...posteros adeptus, tum adulescens et animi ferox, inter obstantis et armatos ferro viam patefecit. non tribunus ultra..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...immenso auctu proruto ponte sublicio ac strage obstantis molis refusus, non modo iacentia et plana urbis loca..."