obsisto

Latin

Etymology

From ob- +‎ sistō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔpˈsɪs.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [obˈsis.to]

Verb

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

to place oneself before
to oppose or resist
- 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.15:
  […] Scelerī ac furōrī tuō nōn mentem aliquam aut timōrem tuum sed fortūnam populī Rōmānī obstitisse?
  [Don’t you realize that it was] not some thought or fear of yours that opposed your crime and madness, but the fortune of the Roman people?
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.29:
  Cuius consensui ne orbis quidem terrarum possit obsistere
  The union of which not even the whole world could withstand
to make a stand

Conjugation

Despite being impersonal in the passive, this verb has a non-impersonal perfect passive participle obstitus (“opposite, inimical”).

Conjugation of obsistō (third conjugation, impersonal in the passive)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	obsistō	obsistis		obsistit	obsistimus	obsistitis		obsistunt
	imperfect	obsistēbam	obsistēbās		obsistēbat	obsistēbāmus	obsistēbātis		obsistēbant
	future	obsistam	obsistēs		obsistet	obsistēmus	obsistētis		obsistent
	perfect	obstitī	obstitistī		obstitit	obstitimus	obstitistis		obstitērunt, obstitēre
	pluperfect	obstiteram	obstiterās		obstiterat	obstiterāmus	obstiterātis		obstiterant
	future perfect	obstiterō	obstiteris		obstiterit	obstiterimus	obstiteritis		obstiterint
passive	present	—	—		obsistitur	—	—		—
	imperfect	—	—		obsistēbātur	—	—		—
	future	—	—		obsistētur	—	—		—
	perfect	—	—		obstitum est	—	—		—
	pluperfect	—	—		obstitum erat	—	—		—
	future perfect	—	—		obstitum erit	—	—		—
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	obsistam	obsistās		obsistat	obsistāmus	obsistātis		obsistant
	imperfect	obsisterem	obsisterēs		obsisteret	obsisterēmus	obsisterētis		obsisterent
	perfect	obstiterim	obstiterīs		obstiterit	obstiterīmus	obstiterītis		obstiterint
	pluperfect	obstitissem	obstitissēs		obstitisset	obstitissēmus	obstitissētis		obstitissent
passive	present	—	—		obsistātur	—	—		—
	imperfect	—	—		obsisterētur	—	—		—
	perfect	—	—		obstitum sit	—	—		—
	pluperfect	—	—		obstitum esset	—	—		—
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	obsiste		—	—	obsistite		—
active	future	—	obsistitō		obsistitō	—	obsistitōte		obsistuntō
passive	future	—	—		obsistitor	—	—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		obsistere		obsistī		obsistēns		—
future		obstitūrum esse		obstitum īrī		obstitūrus		obsistendum, obsistundum
perfect		obstitisse		obstitum esse		—		obstitus
future perfect		—		obstitum fore		—		—
perfect potential		obstitūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		obsistendī	obsistendō		obsistendum	obsistendō	obstitum		obstitū

References

“obsisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“obsisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“obsisto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.