obstĭno — Lewis & Short
obstĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.a lengthened form of obsto,
I to set about a thing with firmness or resolution, to set one's mind firmly on, to persist in, be resolved on a thing (as a verb. fin. very rare; only the Part. as a P. a. is freq.).
(a) With acc.:
id inhiat, ea affinitatem hanc obstinavit gratia,Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 89.—Pass.: obstinari exorsus, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 425 Rib.).—
(b) With inf.:
obstinaverant animis aut vincere, aut mori,Liv. 23, 29, 7.—
(g) Absol.:
ipso Vespasiano inter initia imperii ad obtinendas iniquitates haud perinde obstinante,Tac. H. 2, 84.— Hence, obstĭnātus, a, um, P. a., firmly set, fixed, resolved, in a good or bad sense; determined, resolute, steadfast, inflexible, stubborn, obstinate (class.; syn.: pervicax, pertinax): vos qui astatis obstinati, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 11 Rib.): obstinato animo aliquid facere, Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. l. l. (Trag. Rel. p. 123 Rib.);
so,Vulg. Ruth, 1, 18:
ad decertandum obstinati animi,Liv. 6, 3, 9:
ad silendum,Curt. 8, 1, 30: ad mortem, Liv. 5, 41, 1:
adversus lacrimas,id. 2, 40, 3; 3, 47, 4:
ad resistendum,Suet. Caes. 15 fin.:
contra veritatem,Quint. 12, 1, 10:
pudicitia,Liv. 1, 58:
fides,Tac. H. 5, 5:
aures,Hor. C. 3, 11, 7.—With inf.:
jam obstinatis mori spes affulsit,Liv. 42, 65; 7, 21, 1; 9, 25, 6:
obstinatum est tibi, non suscipere imperium, nisi, etc.,you are firmly resolved, Plin. Pan. 5, 6.—Rarely with in:
obstinatae in perniciem Romae urbes,Amm. 17, 11, 3:
in extrema,Tac. H. 3, 56:
militum animos obstinatos pro Vitellio subruere,id. H. 2, 101.—Comp.:
voluntas obstinatior,Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1:
adversus lacrimas muliebres,firmer, more steadfast, Liv. 2, 40.—Sup.:
virtus obstinatissima,the most resolute, Sen. Ep. 71, 10:
rex obstinatissimus,Amm. 17, 14.—Hence, adv.: obstĭ-nātē, firmly, inflexibly, in a good and bad sense; resolutely, pertinaciously, stubbornly, obstinately (class.):
ita me obstinate aggressus, ut, etc.,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 10:
operam dat,Ter. And. 1, 5, 8:
negari,Caes. B. G. 5, 6:
magis ac magis induruisse,Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10.—Comp.:
obstinatius omnia agere,Suet. Caes. 29.—Sup.:
obstinatissime recusare,Suet. Tib. 67.