instaret

instaret is a Latin form of insto, meaning “press on, pursue; threaten, be at hand; insist”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect active subjunctive.

Found 49 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.149: … itur quam opus effectum est. posteaquam reus factus est, primo negabat se opus in acceptum referre posse; cum instaret Habonius, in me causam conferebat, quod eum codicem obsignassem. petit a me Habonius et amicos adlegat: facil …

All forms of insto (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.