obstare

obstare is a Latin form of obsto, meaning “stand in the way, hinder, oppose (+dat.)”. It is the 2nd person singular present passive imperative or 2nd person singular present passive indicative or present active infinitive.

Found 57 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 6: … in alienam pecuniam tam plenam atque praeclaram nullo iure invaserit, quoniamque ei pecuniae vita Sex. Rosci obstare atque officere videatur, deleatis ex animo suo suspicionem omnem metumque tollatis; sese hoc incolumi non arb …

Cicero, De Divinatione 1.66: … me miseret, méi piget. óptumam progéniem Priamo péperisti extra me; hóc dolet, méd obesse, illós prodesse, me óbstare, illos óbsequi. O poëma tenerum et moratum atque molle! sed hoc minus ad rem;

All forms of obsto (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.