obsisto

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈsis.toː/, [ɔpˈs̠ɪs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈsis.to/, [obˈsist̪o]

Verb

obsistō (present infinitive obsistere, perfect active obstitī, supine obstitum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive

1. to place oneself before
2. to oppose or resist
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.29:

     Cuius consensui ne orbis quidem terrarum possit obsistere

     The union of which not even the whole world could withstand

3. to make a stand

Conjugation

• Despite being impersonal in the passive, this verb has a non-impersonal perfect passive participle obstitus (“opposite, inimical”).

Conjugation of obsistō (third conjugation, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obsistō	obsistis	obsistit	obsistimus	obsistitis	obsistunt
	imperfect	obsistēbam	obsistēbās	obsistēbat	obsistēbāmus	obsistēbātis	obsistēbant
	future	obsistam	obsistēs	obsistet	obsistēmus	obsistētis	obsistent
	perfect	obstitī	obstitistī	obstitit	obstitimus	obstitistis	obstitērunt, obstitēre
	pluperfect	obstiteram	obstiterās	obstiterat	obstiterāmus	obstiterātis	obstiterant
	future perfect	obstiterō	obstiteris	obstiterit	obstiterimus	obstiteritis	obstiterint
passive	present	—	—	obsistitur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	obsistēbātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	obsistētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	obstitum est	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	obstitum erat	—	—	—
	future perfect	—	—	obstitum erit	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obsistam	obsistās	obsistat	obsistāmus	obsistātis	obsistant
	imperfect	obsisterem	obsisterēs	obsisteret	obsisterēmus	obsisterētis	obsisterent
	perfect	obstiterim	obstiterīs	obstiterit	obstiterīmus	obstiterītis	obstiterint
	pluperfect	obstitissem	obstitissēs	obstitisset	obstitissēmus	obstitissētis	obstitissent
passive	present	—	—	obsistātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	obsisterētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	obstitum sit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	obstitum esset, obstitum foret	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	obsiste	—	—	obsistite	—
	future	—	obsistitō	obsistitō	—	obsistitōte	obsistuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		obsistere	obstitisse	obstitūrum esse	obsistī	obstitum esse	—
participles		obsistēns	—	obstitūrus	—	obstitus	obsistendum, obsistundum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		obsistendī	obsistendō	obsistendum	obsistendō	obstitum	obstitū

References

• “obsisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obsisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obsisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.