awaits

• The same night awaits us all. (Horace)

a-sto ( asto, Fleck., Rib., B. and K.; adsto, Ritschl, Lachm.), stĭti, no sup., 1, v. n., to stand at or near a person or thing, to stand by, stand (syn.: adsisto, adsum, faveo).

Lit. (very freq. and class.); constr. absol., with ad, juxta, propter, in with abl., ante, coram, contra, supra, etc.; with dat., acc., and abl., and with local adv.:

astitit illum locum, et illo, et illi, et circa illum,

Prisc. p. 1181 P.: marinas propter plagas, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 309 Müll. (Sat. v. 41 Vahl.):

si iste stabit, adstato simul,

Plaut. Ps. 3. 2, 75: cum omnis multitudo adstaret, Vulg. Lev. 9, 5; ib. Psa. 2, 2; ib. Act. 22, 20:

ante ostium,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72; so id. Men. 4, 3, 2:

ante aras,

Lucr. 1, 90:

ante oculos astare,

Verg. A. 3, 150:

adstare ante Dominum,

Vulg. Tob. 12, 15; ib. Luc. 1, 19:

intra limen adstate illic,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 16:

ut mihi confidenter contra adstitit!

id. Capt. 3, 5, 6:

Postquam ille hinc abiit, tu adstas solus!

id. Ps. 1, 4, 1; so id. Bacch. 5, 2, 16; id. Stich. 3, 2, 11; id. Mil. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 36; id. Poen. 1, 2, 49 al.:

adsta atque audi,

id. Cist. 2, 3, 53; so id. Ep. 1, 1, 61; id. Most. 1, 4, 11:

cum patre astans,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 2:

cum Alexander in Sigeo ad Achillis tumulum astitisset,

Cic. Arch. 10, 24:

in eopse adstas lapide,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 17:

astat in conspectu meo,

Cic. Cat. 4, 2:

multis coram adstantibus,

Vulg. Gen. 45, 1:

adstat coram vobis,

ib. Act. 4, 10:

supra caput,

Verg. A. 4, 702; 5, 10:

nec opinanti Mors ad caput adstitit,

Lucr. 3, 959:

adstiterunt ad januam,

Vulg. Act. 10, 17:

adstiterunt juxta illos,

ib. ib. 1, 10:

qui campis adstiterant,

Tac. A. 2, 17 Halm:

tribunali,

id. ib. 12, 36 fin.:

mensae,

Suet. Tib. 61; so Mart. 8, 56, 13:

adstabo tibi,

Vulg. Psa. 5, 5; ib. Act. 27, 23:

aliquem adstare,

Plin. Pan. 23, 2, where Keil reads astaret:

limine divae Adstitit,

Stat. Th. 9, 607.—

Trop.:

Certa quidem finis vitae mortalibus adstat,

awaits, Lucr. 3, 1078.— Also, to stand at one's side as counsel or aid, to assist (cf.:

assisto, adsum, etc.): Amanti supparisator, hortor, adsto, admoneo, gaudeo,

Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 10:

Dum adsto advocatus cuidam cognato meo,

id. Cas. 3, 3, 4.— Poet., of an object still existing or remaining: astante ope barbaricā, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (for this Verg. has: Priami dum regna manebant, A. 2, 22).—

Transf., to stand up, to stand upright (cf. ad, I. 1.):

squamis astantibus,

Verg. G. 3, 545:

Minerva, quae est in Parthenone adstans,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54, where Jan reads stans.

a-sto ( asto, Fleck., Rib., B. and K.; adsto, Ritschl, Lachm.), stĭti, no sup., 1, v. n., to stand at or near a person or thing, to stand by, stand (syn.: adsisto, adsum, faveo).

Lit. (very freq. and class.); constr. absol., with ad, juxta, propter, in with abl., ante, coram, contra, supra, etc.; with dat., acc., and abl., and with local adv.:

astitit illum locum, et illo, et illi, et circa illum,

Prisc. p. 1181 P.: marinas propter plagas, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 309 Müll. (Sat. v. 41 Vahl.):

si iste stabit, adstato simul,

Plaut. Ps. 3. 2, 75: cum omnis multitudo adstaret, Vulg. Lev. 9, 5; ib. Psa. 2, 2; ib. Act. 22, 20:

ante ostium,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72; so id. Men. 4, 3, 2:

ante aras,

Lucr. 1, 90:

ante oculos astare,

Verg. A. 3, 150:

adstare ante Dominum,

Vulg. Tob. 12, 15; ib. Luc. 1, 19:

intra limen adstate illic,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 16:

ut mihi confidenter contra adstitit!

id. Capt. 3, 5, 6:

Postquam ille hinc abiit, tu adstas solus!

id. Ps. 1, 4, 1; so id. Bacch. 5, 2, 16; id. Stich. 3, 2, 11; id. Mil. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 36; id. Poen. 1, 2, 49 al.:

adsta atque audi,

id. Cist. 2, 3, 53; so id. Ep. 1, 1, 61; id. Most. 1, 4, 11:

cum patre astans,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 2:

cum Alexander in Sigeo ad Achillis tumulum astitisset,

Cic. Arch. 10, 24:

in eopse adstas lapide,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 17:

astat in conspectu meo,

Cic. Cat. 4, 2:

multis coram adstantibus,

Vulg. Gen. 45, 1:

adstat coram vobis,

ib. Act. 4, 10:

supra caput,

Verg. A. 4, 702; 5, 10:

nec opinanti Mors ad caput adstitit,

Lucr. 3, 959:

adstiterunt ad januam,

Vulg. Act. 10, 17:

adstiterunt juxta illos,

ib. ib. 1, 10:

qui campis adstiterant,

Tac. A. 2, 17 Halm:

tribunali,

id. ib. 12, 36 fin.:

mensae,

Suet. Tib. 61; so Mart. 8, 56, 13:

adstabo tibi,

Vulg. Psa. 5, 5; ib. Act. 27, 23:

aliquem adstare,

Plin. Pan. 23, 2, where Keil reads astaret:

limine divae Adstitit,

Stat. Th. 9, 607.—

Trop.:

Certa quidem finis vitae mortalibus adstat,

awaits, Lucr. 3, 1078.— Also, to stand at one's side as counsel or aid, to assist (cf.:

assisto, adsum, etc.): Amanti supparisator, hortor, adsto, admoneo, gaudeo,

Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 10:

Dum adsto advocatus cuidam cognato meo,

id. Cas. 3, 3, 4.— Poet., of an object still existing or remaining: astante ope barbaricā, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (for this Verg. has: Priami dum regna manebant, A. 2, 22).—

Transf., to stand up, to stand upright (cf. ad, I. 1.):

squamis astantibus,

Verg. G. 3, 545:

Minerva, quae est in Parthenone adstans,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54, where Jan reads stans.

mănĕo, nsi, nsum (contr. perf. mansti for mansisti, Lucil. ap. Gell. 18, 8), 2, v. n. and a. [root man, to think; whence the notion of hesitating leads to that of waiting; cf. Gr. menô, menos, mimnêskô, mantis; and Lat. memini, moneo, mens, etc.].

Neutr., to stay, remain anywhere (class.).

In gen.:

ut ut erat, mansum tamen oportuit,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 26:

facilem esse rem, seu maneant, seu proficiscantur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 30:

domi,

id. ib. 4, 1:

in loco,

id. B. C. 2, 41:

in patria,

Cic. Off. 3, 26, 99:

si consulem manere ad urbem senatui placuisset,

Liv. 30, 27:

ad exercitum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 51:

uno loco manens,

Nep. Eum. 5, 4:

unum manere diem,

Prop. 2, 9, 20:

decem dies,

Vulg. Gen. 24, 55:

diebus quindecim,

id. Gal. 1, 18.— Impers. pass.:

omnia excogitantur, quare nec sine periculo maneatur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

in Italia fortasse manebitur,

Cic. Att. 8, 3, 7; Vell. 2, 16, 4:

manendum eo loco,

Caes. B. C. 3, 74:

hic maneri diutius non potest,

Cic. Att. 11, 15, 3.—

In partic.

To stay, tarry, stop, continue, abide, pass the night ( = pernoctare):

apud aliquem,

Cic. Att. 4, 18, 3:

eo die mansit Venafri,

id. ib. 7, 13, 7:

in tabernaculo,

id. ib. 5, 16, 3:

sub Jove frigido,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 25:

extra domum patris,

Liv. 3, 45, 7:

ad decimum lapidem,

id. 3, 69, 8:

cum is Casilini eo die mansurum eum dixisset = Casilini,

id. 22, 13, 8; cf.:

triduom hoc,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 4:

apud alium mansit,

Sen. Ben. 3, 17, 3:

mane apud me,

Vulg. Gen. 29, 19:

manebis clam,

id. 1 Reg. 19, 2. —In mal. part.: cum masculo mansione muliebri, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 5, 1, 1. —

Pregn., to remain, last, endure, continue [p. 1108] in any place or manner:

si in eo manerent, quod convenisset,

would adhere to, abide by that, Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 5:

in vita,

to remain alive, Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

in veritate,

to adhere to the truth, id. Clu. 63, 176:

in condicione,

to fulfil a condition, id. Att. 7, 15, 3:

in sententia,

to adhere to, id. ib. 9, 2, 1:

in voluntate,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

in pristina mente,

id. Sest. 27, 58:

in officio,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 47:

tu modo promissis maneas,

abide by, keep, Verg. A. 2, 160:

in pactione,

to abide by, Nep. Ages. 2, 4:

an credi posse ullum populum in ea condicione mansurum?

Liv. 8, 21, 6:

mansit in condicione atque pacto,

Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 16:

plerique negant Caesarem in condicione mansurum,

id. Att. 7, 15, 3.—Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

nihil semper suo statu manet,

Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29:

munitiones,

Caes. B. G. 6, 31:

monumenta,

Nep. Them. 10:

regna,

Verg. A. 2, 22: adfinitas. Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 101:

memoria,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

rerum omnium mutabilium immutabiles manent origines,

Aug. Conf. 1, 2.—With dat.:

manent ingenia senibus,

Cic. Sen. 7, 22:

his bellum,

to continue, not be at an end, Liv. 1, 53:

cujus quidem tibi fatum manet,

awaits, Cic. Phil. 2, 5, 11.— Absol.:

maneat ergo, quod turpe sit, id numquam esse utile,

be it regarded as a settled principle, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 49; id. Mil. 4, 11:

quamobrem illud maneat, et fixum sit, quod neque moveri, etc.,

id. Rab. Post. 9, 25.— Part. act. fut.: mansurus, that which will abide or endure; lasting, permanent:

urbs,

Verg. A. 3, 86.—So part. pres. manens:

civitas,

Vulg. Heb. 13, 14.—

Act., to wait for, await, expect a person or thing (not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: opperior, praestolor, expecto).

In gen.:

nunc te, nox, quae me mansisti, mitto ut concedas die,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 48:

sese,

id. Aul. 4, 6, 14:

non manebat aetas virginis meam neclegentiam,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 16:

hostium adventum mansit,

Liv. 42, 66; Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 4.—

In partic., to await one (as his fate, portion, etc.), to be about to befall one:

mors sua quemque manet,

Prop. 2, 21, 58 (3, 26, 12):

quis me manet exitus?

Ov. M. 9, 725:

qui si manet exitus urbem,

id. ib. 8, 60:

funera quos maneant,

id. ib. 11, 540:

quae (acerba) manent victos,

Liv. 26, 13 fin.; Suet. Caes. 14; id. Dom. 18:

maneat nostros ea cura nepotes,

Verg. A. 3, 505:

vincula et tribulationes me manent,

Vulg. Act. 20, 23.