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  • 1 adsevero

    as-sĕvēro ( ads-, Ritschl, B. and K., Halm), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [severus].
    I.
    A.. Lit., to do any thing with earnestness, [p. 179] to do or pursue earnestly (opp. jocari, Cic. Brut. 85, 293; rare in early Latin;

    syn.: affirmo, confirmo, assero, dico): quae est ista defensio? utrum adseveratur in hoc an tentatur?

    is this matter conducted in earnest? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10.—Hence, of discourse, to assert strongly or firmly, to declare positively, to affirm (in the class. per. only in prose; with this word in this sense, cf. the Engl. to assure; the Germ. versichern; the Gr. ischurizomai, bebaioô; and the Lat. confirmo, adfirmo): neminem eorum haec adseverare audias, * Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 164:

    pulchre adseverat sese ab Oppianico destitutum,

    Cic. Clu. 26, 72:

    unum illud firmissime adseverabat in exsilium se iturum,

    id. Att. 10, 14:

    periti rerum adseverant non ferre (Arabiam) tantum, etc.,

    Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 83 Jan (others adstruxerunt, v. astruo fin.):

    Halicarnasii mille et ducentos per annos nullo motu terrae nutavisse sedes suas adseveraverant,

    Tac. A. 4, 55; 6, 28; 12, 42; 14, 16; id. H. 2, 80:

    constantissime adseveravit fore, ut etc.,

    Suet. Vesp. 5.—Also, de aliquā re:

    neque hoc meum, de quo tanto opere hoc libro adseveravi, umquam adfirmabo esse verius quam tuum,

    Cic. Or. 71, 237:

    quem ad modum adversarius de quāque re adseveret,

    id. Brut. 57, 208:

    neminem ullā de re posse contendere neque adseverare,

    id. Ac. 2, 11, 35.—Of inanimate things, to make known, to show, prove, demonstrate:

    adseverant magni artus Germanicam originem,

    Tac. Agr. 11.—
    B.
    In Tac., of conduct (cf. asseveratio):

    viri gravitatem adseverantes,

    assuming an air of gravity, Tac. A. 13, 18. —
    II.
    In App., to make grave or serious:

    frontem,

    App. M. 3, p. 135, 10, and 8, p. 203, 24.— Advv.: adsĕvēranter and adsĕ-vērātē, with asseveration, earnestly, emphatically.
    A.
    Form adsĕvēranter:

    loqui valde adseveranter,

    Cic. Att. 15, 19, 2. — Comp.:

    Haec Antiochus fere multo etiam adseverantius (dixit),

    Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61.—
    B.
    Form adsĕvērātē:

    tragoedias scite atque adseverate actitavit,

    earnestly, Gell. 6, 5, 2.

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  • 2 assevero

    as-sĕvēro ( ads-, Ritschl, B. and K., Halm), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [severus].
    I.
    A.. Lit., to do any thing with earnestness, [p. 179] to do or pursue earnestly (opp. jocari, Cic. Brut. 85, 293; rare in early Latin;

    syn.: affirmo, confirmo, assero, dico): quae est ista defensio? utrum adseveratur in hoc an tentatur?

    is this matter conducted in earnest? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10.—Hence, of discourse, to assert strongly or firmly, to declare positively, to affirm (in the class. per. only in prose; with this word in this sense, cf. the Engl. to assure; the Germ. versichern; the Gr. ischurizomai, bebaioô; and the Lat. confirmo, adfirmo): neminem eorum haec adseverare audias, * Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 164:

    pulchre adseverat sese ab Oppianico destitutum,

    Cic. Clu. 26, 72:

    unum illud firmissime adseverabat in exsilium se iturum,

    id. Att. 10, 14:

    periti rerum adseverant non ferre (Arabiam) tantum, etc.,

    Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 83 Jan (others adstruxerunt, v. astruo fin.):

    Halicarnasii mille et ducentos per annos nullo motu terrae nutavisse sedes suas adseveraverant,

    Tac. A. 4, 55; 6, 28; 12, 42; 14, 16; id. H. 2, 80:

    constantissime adseveravit fore, ut etc.,

    Suet. Vesp. 5.—Also, de aliquā re:

    neque hoc meum, de quo tanto opere hoc libro adseveravi, umquam adfirmabo esse verius quam tuum,

    Cic. Or. 71, 237:

    quem ad modum adversarius de quāque re adseveret,

    id. Brut. 57, 208:

    neminem ullā de re posse contendere neque adseverare,

    id. Ac. 2, 11, 35.—Of inanimate things, to make known, to show, prove, demonstrate:

    adseverant magni artus Germanicam originem,

    Tac. Agr. 11.—
    B.
    In Tac., of conduct (cf. asseveratio):

    viri gravitatem adseverantes,

    assuming an air of gravity, Tac. A. 13, 18. —
    II.
    In App., to make grave or serious:

    frontem,

    App. M. 3, p. 135, 10, and 8, p. 203, 24.— Advv.: adsĕvēranter and adsĕ-vērātē, with asseveration, earnestly, emphatically.
    A.
    Form adsĕvēranter:

    loqui valde adseveranter,

    Cic. Att. 15, 19, 2. — Comp.:

    Haec Antiochus fere multo etiam adseverantius (dixit),

    Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61.—
    B.
    Form adsĕvērātē:

    tragoedias scite atque adseverate actitavit,

    earnestly, Gell. 6, 5, 2.

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  • 3 contendo

    con-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a. and n., to stretch, stretch out vigorously, to draw tight, strain.
    I.
    Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

    arcum,

    Verg. A. 12, 815; Ov. M. 6, 286; id. R. Am. 435: tormenta, Sisen. ap. Non. p. 258, 27; Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: muscipula, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 181, 31:

    tenacia vincla,

    Verg. G. 4, 412:

    ilia risu,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 285: pontem in alto, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

    oculi contendunt se,

    Lucr. 4, 810.— Of stringed instruments, to tune by stretching the strings:

    ut in fidibus pluribus, si nulla earum ita contenta nervis sit, ut concentum servare possit,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. infra, P. a.—
    B.
    Meton.
    1.
    (Causa pro effectu.) Of weapons, to shoot, hurl, dart, throw:

    infensam hastam,

    Verg. A. 10, 521:

    tela,

    id. ib. 12, 815:

    sagittas nervo,

    Sil. 1, 323:

    telum aërias in auras,

    Verg. A. 5, 520. —
    2.
    Of places, neutr., to stretch, reach, extend:

    haec patulum vallis contendit in orbem,

    Calp. Ecl. 7, 30:

    Cappadocum gens usque ad Cyrresticam ejus regionem parte suā, quae vocatur Cataonia, contendit,

    Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—
    II.
    Trop. (freq. in prose and poetry); act., to strain eagerly, to stretch, exert, to direct one's mental powers to something, to pursue or strive for earnestly; or neutr., to exert one's self, to strive zealously for something, etc.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Act.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    magnum fortasse onus, verum tamen dignum, in quo omnis nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; cf.:

    contendit omnis nervos Chrysippus, ut persuadeat, etc.,

    id. Fat. 10, 21:

    summas vires de palmā,

    Lucr. 4, 990:

    animum in curas,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 11:

    quo se dira libido,

    Lucr. 4, 1043:

    tamen id sibi contendendum aut aliter non transducendum exercitum existimabat,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.:

    id contendere et laborare, ne ea, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52: et petere imperium populi et contendere honores, Varr. ap. Non. p. 259, 32.—
    (β).
    With inf., to exert one's self vigorously to do something, to apply one's self with zeal to, to go to:

    hunc locum duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 21:

    summā vi transcendere in hostium naves,

    id. ib. 3, 15:

    fugā salutem petere,

    id. ib. al.; Quint. 10, 1, 125:

    neque ego nunc hoc contendo... mutare animum, sed, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38.—
    2.
    Neutr.:

    quantum coniti animo potes, quantum labore contendere... tantum fac ut efficias,

    Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6.— With ut:

    quántum potero voce contendam, ut populus hoc Romanus exaudiat,

    Cic. Lig. 3, 6; so,

    remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8 et saep.:

    contende quaeso atque elabora, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42.— Absol.:

    vociferarer et, quantum maxime possem, contenderem,

    Cic. Fl. 16, 38 al.:

    non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus (= collineare),

    to aim at, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28.—
    B.
    In partic.,
    1.
    To direct or bend one's course eagerly somewhere; or, neutr., to strive to get to a place, to seek to arrive at, to go, march, or journey hastily to, etc.
    a.
    Act.
    (α).
    With acc. (very rare):

    rectā plateā cursum suum,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58:

    nocte unā tantum itineris,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.—
    (β).
    With inf. (freq.):

    Bibracte ire,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 23; so,

    ire cum his legionibus,

    id. ib. 1, 10:

    in Britanniam proficisci,

    id. ib. 4, 20:

    in provinciam reverti,

    id. ib. 3, 6 fin.:

    Dyrrhachium petere,

    Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf.:

    proxima litora petere cursu,

    Verg. A. 1, 158; and:

    iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere,

    Cic. Planc. 40, 96 Wund.—
    b.
    Neutr. (so most freq.):

    in Italiam magnis itineribus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10; cf.:

    huc magnis itineribus,

    id. ib. 1, 38 fin.:

    huc magno cursu,

    id. ib. 3, 19:

    inde in Italiam,

    id. ib. 1, 33:

    in fines Sigambrorum,

    id. ib. 4, 18:

    in castra,

    id. ib. 4, 37:

    ex eo loco ad flumen,

    id. ib. 2, 9:

    ad Rhenum finesque Germanorum,

    id. ib. 1, 27 fin.:

    ad oppidum Noviodunum,

    id. ib. 2, 12:

    ad castra,

    id. ib. 2, 19 fin.; 3, 24 fin.:

    ad hostes,

    id. ib. 5, 9:

    ad Amanum,

    Cic. Att. 5, 20, 3: Tarentum ad Heraclidem Ponticum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 260, 19:

    Lacedaemonem,

    Nep. Cim. 3, 3:

    domum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24 fin. et saep.:

    ad ultimum animo,

    Cic. Mur. 31, 65; cf.:

    magna spectare atque ad ea rectis studiis contendere,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

    ad summam laudem gloriamque maximis laboribus et periculis,

    id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ad salutem,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 3 fin. —
    2.
    ( Neutr.) To measure or try one's strength with, with weapons, by words, in action, etc.; to strive, dispute, fight, contend against, vie with; constr. with cum aliquo, contra or adversus aliquem, the dat., inter se, or absol.
    (α).
    Cum aliquo:

    neque post id tempus umquam summis nobiscum copiis hostes contenderunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 17 fin.; 1, 36:

    cum Sequanis bello,

    id. ib. 7, 67 fin.:

    cum eo armis,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:

    cum magnis legionibus parvā manu,

    Sall. C. 53, 3:

    cum barbaro,

    Nep. Con. 4, 3:

    cum victore,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 42:

    mecum ingenio et arte,

    Prop. 2 (3), 24, 23 al.:

    cum eo de principatu,

    Nep. Arist. 1, 1; cf. id. Ages. 1, 4 al.:

    divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industriā cum majoribus suis,

    Sall. J. 4, 7:

    humilitas cum dignitate et amplitudine,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136.—So with acc. of neutr. pron.:

    tamenne vereris, ut possis haec contra Hortensium contendere?

    Cic. Quint. 25, 78.—
    (β).
    Contra aliquem:

    contra populum Romanum armis,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    tauri pro vitulis contra leones summā vi impetuque contendunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

    contra vim gravitatemque morbi,

    id. Phil. 9, 7, 15:

    nihil contra naturam universam,

    id. Off. 1, 31, 110; Cat. 64, 101.—
    * (γ).
    Adversus aliquem: non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2.—
    (δ).
    With dat. ( poet.):

    hirundo cycnis,

    Lucr. 3, 6:

    Homero,

    Prop. 1, 7, 3; 1, 14, 7:

    Pindaricis plectris,

    Stat. S. 1, 3, 101.—
    (ε).
    Inter se:

    hi cum tantopere de potentatu inter se multos annos contenderent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 4; 1, 5, 3:

    viribus inter se,

    Lucr. 3, 784.— Impers.:

    interim proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur,

    the contest was carried on, Caes. B. G. 2, 9.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    proelio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 50 fin.;

    3, 28 al.: magis virtute quam dolo,

    id. ib. 1, 13; Nep. Epam. 2, 5:

    translatio non habet quaestionem, de quā contendit orator, sed propter quam contendit,

    Quint. 3, 6, 72; cf. id. 6, 1, 50; 7, 9, 3 al.— Impers.:

    summo jure contenditur,

    Cic. Caecin. 23, 65:

    de his lite contenditur,

    Quint. 3, 4, 8:

    de personis judicatur, sed de rebus contenditur,

    id. 10, 5, 13.—
    * b.
    In auctions, to vie with in bidding, to bid against: is liceri non destitit;

    illi quoad videbatur ferri aliquo modo posse, contenderunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 99.—
    3.
    ( Act.) To place together in comparison, to compare, contrast; constr. with cum, ad, the dat., or acc. only.
    (α).
    With cum: tuam iram contra cum ira Liberi, Naev. ap. Non. p. 259, 7; Caecil. ib. p. 259, 1:

    id cum defensione nostrā,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93:

    rationem meam cum tuā ratione,

    id. N. D. 3, 4, 10; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.: suam vitam mecum, Licinius, Macer. ap. Non. p. 259, 3.—
    * (β).
    With ad: ut vim contendas tuam ad majestatem viri, Att. ap. Non. p. 259, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 648 Rib.).—
    (γ).
    With dat.: Thestiadas Ledae, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 258, 30:

    vellera potantia Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; Aus. Grat. Act. 14 al.—
    (δ).
    With [p. 447] acc. only: anulum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 258, 29:

    ipsas causas, quae inter se confligunt,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

    leges,

    id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

    suam quaeque nobilitatem, formam, opes,

    Tac. A. 12, 1:

    vetera et praesentia,

    id. ib. 13, 3.—
    4.
    ( Act.) To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, to seek to gain:

    cum a me peteret et summe contenderet, ut suum propinquum defenderem,

    Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

    verecundius a te, si quae magna res mihi petenda esset, contenderem,

    id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; so,

    ab aliquo,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; id. de Or. 1, 36, 166; id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4; id. Fam. 13, 7, 3; cf.:

    a magistris de proferendo die,

    id. ib. 12, 30, 5; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

    ne quid contra aequitatem,

    id. Off. 2, 20, 71:

    omni opere, ut, etc.,

    Suet. Dom. 2:

    magno opere, ne, etc.,

    id. Aug. 27; id. Vit. 3:

    pertinaciter,

    id. Caes. 1.—
    5.
    ( Act.) To assert, affirm earnestly, to maintain or contend energetically.
    (α).
    With acc. and inf.:

    sic ego hoc contendo, me tibi ipsi adversario cujuscumque tribus rationem poposceris redditurum,

    Cic. Planc. 19, 48; id. Sest. 50, 107; id. Arch. 7, 15:

    apud eos contendit falsa esse delata,

    Nep. Them. 7, 2; id. Epam. 8, 1:

    illud pro me majoribusque meis contendere ausim, nihil nos... scientes fuisse,

    Liv. 6, 40, 5; Quint. prooem. § 11; 1, 2, 25; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 6; Lucr. 5, 1343; Cat. 44, 4; Ov. M. 2, 855; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37 al.—
    (β).
    Absol. (very rare):

    si manantia corpuscula iter claudunt, ut Asclepiades contendit,

    Cels. 1, praef. § 28.—Hence, contentus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., stretched, strained, tense, tight:

    qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 20:

    acies oculorum,

    Lucr. 1, 325; cf.:

    contentis oculis prosequi aliquem,

    Suet. Tib. 7:

    contentis corporibus facilius feruntur onera (opp. remissa),

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

    contentā cervice trahunt plaustra (boves),

    Verg. G. 3, 536:

    Placideiani contento poplite miror Proelia,

    with the knee stiffly bent, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97.—
    B.
    Trop., eager, intent:

    contenta mens fuit in eā ratione,

    Lucr. 4, 965; cf. Ov. M. 15, 515:

    et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissā leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    ad tribunatum contento studio cursuque veniamus,

    id. Sest. 6, 13.— Sup.:

    contentissimā voce clamitans,

    App. M. 4, p. 147.— Adv.: con-tentē, earnestly, with great exertion, vehemently:

    pro se dicere... mittere contentius,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; cf.:

    acriter atque contente pro suis decretis propugnare,

    Gell. 18, 1, 2:

    contentissime clamitare, App. Flor. n. 8: contentius ambulare,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:

    ornamentis iisdem uti fere licebit, alias contentius, alias summissius,

    id. de Or. 3, 55, 212:

    aliquid curiose atque contente lectitare,

    Gell. 3, 3, 1.

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  • 4 insto

    in-sto, stĭti, stātum (e. g. instaturum, Liv. 10, 36, 3:

    instaturos,

    Front. Strat. 2, 6, 10 al.), 1, v. n., to stand in or upon a thing (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., constr. with dat., in and abl., or acc.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    jugis,

    Verg. A. 11, 529.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.: saxo in globoso, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Fragm. v. 367 Rib.):

    instans in medio triclinio,

    Suet. Tib. 72.—
    (γ).
    Absol., to draw nigh, approach; to impend, threaten:

    quibus ego confido impendere fatum aliquod, et poenas jam diu debitas aut instare jam plane, aut certe jam appropinquare,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 5:

    instant apparatissimi magnificentissimique ludi,

    id. Pis. 27:

    cum illi iter instaret,

    id. Att. 13, 23:

    quidquid subiti et magni discriminis instat,

    Juv. 6, 520:

    ante factis omissis, illud quod instet, agi oportere,

    the subject in hand, Cic. Inv. 2, 11, 37. —

    Of persons: cum legionibus instare Varum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 43.—
    (δ).
    With acc. (ante-class.):

    tantum eum instat exitii,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 96.—
    B.
    In partic., to press upon, harass, molest, menace, threaten. —With dat., acc., or absol.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    cedenti,

    Liv. 10, 36:

    vestigiis,

    id. 27, 12, 9:

    instantem regi cometen videre,

    Juv. 6, 407.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    si me instabunt (al. mi),

    Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 6.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To urge or press upon one, to insist; to pursue a thing (syn. urgeo):

    quamobrem urge, insta, perfice,

    Cic. Att. 13, 32, 1:

    accusatori,

    id. Font. 1:

    ille instat factum (esse),

    he insists upon the fact, Ter. And. 1, 1, 120.— To follow up eagerly, pursue; with dat. or acc.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    instant operi regnisque futuris,

    Verg. A. 1, 504:

    talibus instans monitis (parens),

    Juv. 14, 210:

    non ignarus instandum famae,

    Tac. Agr. 18.—
    (β).
    With acc., to urge forward, ply, transact with zeal or diligence: instant mercaturam, Nov. ap. Non. 212, 30 (Com. Rel. p. 223 Rib.):

    parte aliā Marti currumque, rotasque volucres Instabant,

    were hastening forward, working hard at, busily constructing, Verg. A. 8, 434: rectam viam, to go right, i. e. to be right, to hit the mark, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 40:

    unum instare de indutiis vehementissime contendere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 17, 5; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 385.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    vox domini instantis,

    Juv. 14, 63.—
    B.
    To demand earnestly, solicit, insist upon:

    satis est, quod instat de Milone,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2:

    quod profecto cum sua sponte, tum, te instante, faciet,

    at your instance, your solicitation, id. Att. 3, 15.— With inf.:

    instat Scandilius poscere recuperatores,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136.—With ut or ne:

    tibi instat Hortensius, ut eas in consilium,

    Cic. Quint. 10:

    uxor acriter tua instat, ne mihi detur,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 33; cf.:

    nunc nosmet ipsi nobis instemus, ut, etc.,

    Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69.— Impers.:

    profecto, si instetur, suo milite vinci Romam posse,

    Liv. 2, 44.—Hence, instans, antis, P. a.
    A.
    (Standing by, being near, i. e.) Present.
    1.
    In gen.:

    quae venientia metuuntur, eadem efficiunt aegritudinem instantia,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 11:

    ex controversia futuri, raro etiam ex instantis aut facti,

    id. de Or. 2, 25, 105:

    tempus,

    Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8:

    bellum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24.—
    2.
    In partic., gram. t. t.:

    tempus, i.q. praesens tempus,

    the present tense, the present, Quint. 5, 10, 42; Charis. p. 147 P. et saep.—
    B.
    Pressing, urgent, importunate (post-Aug.):

    periculum,

    Nep. Paus. 3, 5:

    species terribilior jam et instantior,

    Tac. H. 4, 83:

    gestus acer atque instans,

    Quint. 11, 3, 92 sq.; cf.:

    argumentatio acrior et instantior,

    id. ib. §

    164: admonitio instantior,

    Gell. 13, 24, 19.— Adv.: instanter, vehemently, earnestly, pressingly:

    intente instanterque pronuntiare,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6:

    petere,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 22:

    plura acriter et instanter incipere,

    Quint. 9, 3, 30:

    dicere,

    id. 9, 4, 126.— Comp.:

    instantius concurrere,

    to fight more vehemently, Tac. A. 6, 35. — Sup.:

    instantissime desiderare,

    Gell. 4, 18.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > insto

  • 5 īn-stō

        īn-stō stitī, statūrus, āre,    to stand upon, take a position: iugis, V.—To draw nigh, approach, be at hand, impend: partus instabat prope, T.: nox instabat, S.: ea quae videntur instare: instant ludi: cum illi iter instaret: quidquid subiti instat, Iu.: illud quod instet agi oportere, the subject in hand: quod instat, i. e. our purpose, V.: cum legionibus instare Varum, Cs.: quantae caedes Laurentibus instant, V.—To press upon, harass, molest, menace, threaten: comminus acriter, S.: rursus, Cs.: ferro: hinc Pallas instat, Hinc contra Lausus, V.: hostibus dubiis, S.: noli mihi instare: praecedentibus, H.: cedenti instaturus, L.: instantem regi cometen videre, Iu.—Fig., to urge, press, insist, pursue: quam ob rem urge, insta, perfice: addit et instat, H.: ille instat factum (esse), insists upon the fact, T.: accusatori.—To follow up eagerly, pursue, be intent upon, urge forward, drive: vox domini instantis, Iu.: Instant ardentes Tyrii, V.: instant operi, V.: talibus instans monitis (parens), Iu.: non ignarus instandum famae, Ta.: Marti currum, to work hard at, V.—To demand earnestly, solicit, insist upon: num ego insto? T.: unum de indutiis, make one demand, Cs.: quod te instante faciet, at your instance: instat Scandilius poscere recuperatores: tibi instat Hortensius, ut eas in consilium: profecto, si instetur, suo milite vinci Romam posse, L.

    Latin-English dictionary > īn-stō

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