obsistere

obsistere is a Latin form of obsisto, meaning “stand in the way, oppose, resist (+dat.)”. It is the present active infinitive.

Found 52 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.29.6: Nam quae ab reliquis Gallis civitates dissentirent, has sua diligentia adiuncturum atque unum consilium totius Galliae effecturum, cuius consensui ne orbis quidem terrarum possit obsistere; idque se prope iam effectum habere.

Phaedrus, Fabulae 3.15.20: Obsistere homines legibus, meritis capi.

All forms of obsisto (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.