obstiti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obsto, obstare, obstiti, -:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
oppose, hinder; (w/DAT);
sg. perf. act. ind. 1st - Entry →obsisto, obsistere, obstiti, obstitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
oppose, resist; stand in the way; make a stand against, withstand;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.sg. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
In Catilinam III
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...quamquam, quoad fuit, omnibus eius consiliis occurri atque obstiti, tamen, ut levissime dicam, dimicandum nobis cum illo fuisset..."In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...concitato; denique, quotienscumque me petisti, per me tibi obstiti, quamquam videbam perniciem meam cum magna calamitate rei publicae..."
