obsto
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See also: obstó
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ob- (“before, in front”) + stō (“stand”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈob.stoː/, [ˈɔps̠t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈob.sto/, [ˈɔbst̪o]
Verb[edit]
obstō (present infinitive obstāre, perfect active obstitī, future participle obstātūrus); first conjugation, no supine stem except in the future active participle, impersonal in the passive
Usage notes[edit]
Usually used with the dative.
Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “obsto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obsto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obsto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari)
- to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari)
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