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obstantium

Dictionary entries

obsto, obstare, obstiti, -:
Verb · 1st conjugation
Frequency:
Frequent
oppose, hinder; (w/DAT);
Entry →
gen. pl. pres. act. part.
obstantia, obstantiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
Frequency:
Lesser
obstruction; resistance; hindrance;
Entry →
gen. pl.

Examples

Libri XIV-XV

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

"...intermissa velocitate circumeant, defectus solis ac lunae invicem obstantium, alia deinceps digna miratu, sive per ordinem subeunt sive..."

Liber VI

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES

"...ignem uersa et fulmini similis cum magna strage obstantium fertur. Fortasse palustres et iacentes aquas aliquis flatus impellit..."

V

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES

"...vigor pristini vultus vacuis luminibus intabuit, et per obstantium crinium inluviem tenuis arentium iactus oculorum. haeret adstricta nudatis..."