obsisto

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Latin

Pronunciation

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
  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.
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