obstat

obstat is a Latin form of obsto, meaning “stand in the way, hinder, oppose (+dat.)”. It is the 3rd person singular present active indicative.

Found 96 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Natura Deorum 1.95: … princeps venerit. Sed clamare non desinitis retinendum hoc esse, deus ut beatus inmortalisque sit. quid autem obstat quo minus sit beatus si non sit bipes, aut ista sive beatitas sive beatitudo dicendast (utrumque omnino durum …

Martial, Epigrammata 4.29.1: Obstat, care Pudens, nostris sua turba libellis

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.