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obstiterunt

Dictionary entries

obsto, obstare, obstiti, -:
Verb · 1st conjugation
Frequency:
Frequent
oppose, hinder; (w/DAT);
Entry →
pl. perf. act. ind. 3rd
obsisto, obsistere, obstiti, obstitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
Frequency:
Lesser
oppose, resist; stand in the way; make a stand against, withstand;
Entry →
pl. perf. act. ind. 3rd

Examples

Liber VII

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES

"...trabes editior caeli pars ostentat: itaque numquam nubibus obstiterunt. [5,2] Praeterea turbo omni nube uelocius rapitur..."

ad Helviam

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE

"...similitudinem caeli sui horrentia transferentibus domos suas obstiterunt. 2. Atheniensis in Asia turba est; Miletus quinque et septuaginta..."

Liber XI

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

"...simul huius modi personae Ciceroni pro Murena dicenti obstiterunt, M. Catonis Servique sulpici. Quam decenter tamen sulpicio..."