obstitus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of obsistō.

Pronunciation

Participle

obstitus (feminine obstita, neuter obstitum); first/second-declension participle

  1. over against, opposite
  2. opposing, inimical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • obstitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obstitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obstitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)