obsisto Latin · revision 9232

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la sistō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔpˈsɪs.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [obˈsis.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ It is also spelled ''opsistō''; its perfect cannot be told apart from that of ''obstō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ob-]] “against” and [[sistō]] “to set, stand”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of standing in someone's way.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to place oneself in someone's way, block, obstruct, and to hinder, impede, as in Plautus and Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Lucretius it meant to be a physical barrier, and in Cicero to resist an attack and to stand up against people, policies or forces.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short give ''adversor'' and ''repugnō'' as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of a barrier.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of resistance.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To stand in the way, [[m|en|obstruct]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To withstand.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|resist]], oppose.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To hinder.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sistō]]

+ * [[obstō]]

+ * [[resistō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}