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obsto
obsto
See also: obstó
Latin
Verb
obstō (present infinitive obstāre, perfect active obstitī, supine obstātum); first conjugation
Usage notes
Usually used with the dative.
Inflection
Synonyms
- (thwart, hinder, obstruct): officiō
Derived terms
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Descendants
References
- 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obsto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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)