ob-sto — Lewis & Short
ob-sto, stĭti, ātum (obstaturus,
Front. Aquaed. 123; Quint. 2, 11, 1; Stat. Th. 7, 247;I gen. plur. obstantum, Sil. 5, 277), 1, v. n., to stand before or against any thing.
I In gen. (very rare): soli luna obstitit, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25 (Ann. v. 167 Vahl.); cf.: montibus obstipis obstantibus, id. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Ann. v. 407 ib.):
dominae niveis a vultibus obstas,Stat. S. 1, 2, 23; so,
summis a postibus,id. Th. 4, 17:
obviam,to stand in the way, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 14.—
II In partic., to stand against or in the way of a person or thing; to withstand, thwart, hinder, oppose, obstruct (the class. signif. of the word; syn.: obsisto, adversor, officio).—Constr. with dat., absol., with quin, quominus, cur, or ne.
(a) With dat.:
quae tardis mora noctibus obstet,Verg. A. 1, 746:
alicui,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 6: cur mihi te offers ac meis commodis officis et obstas? Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; cf. id. ib. 2, 6:
vita cetera eorum huic sceleri obstat,their former life stands opposed to this crime, secures them against the suspicion of this crime, Sall. C. 52, 31:
di omnes quibus obstitit Ilium,was an offence to, Verg. A. 6, 64:
nam sic labentibus (aedibus) obstat vilicus,i. e. keeps from falling, Juv. 3, 194; cf. v. 243.—For the dat. in with acc. is found:
in laudem vetustorum invidia non obstat,Sen. Ben. 7, 8, 2.—
(b) Absol.: me obstare, illos obsequi, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66: restitant, occurrunt, obstant, id. ap. Non. 147, 9 (Sat. v. 5 ib.):
obstando magis quam pugnando castra tutabantur,Liv. 40 25:
exercitus hostium duo obstant,block up the way, Sall. C. 58, 6; Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 15:
si omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19.—
(g) With quin:
quibus non humana ulla, neque divina obstant, quin socios amicos trahant, exscindant,Sall. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch.—
(d) With quominus:
quid obstat, quominus sit beatus?Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 95:
ne quid divini humanive obstet, quominus justum piumque de integro ineatur bellum,Liv. 9, 8, 6.—(e) With cur:
quid obstat, cur non (verae nuptiae) fiant?Ter. And. 1, 1, 76.— (z) With ne:
Histiaeus Milesius, ne res conficeretur, obstitit,Nep. Milt. 3, 5:
cum ibi quoque religio obstaret, ne non posset nisi ab consule dici dictator,Liv. 4, 31, 4:
ne id, quod placebat, decerneret in tantae nobilitatis viris, ambitio obstabat,id. 5, 36, 9.—
b Impers. pass.:
nec, si non obstatur, propterea etiam permittitur,Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:
indignatur amans Obstari animae,Ov. M. 11, 788.—
c Part. pres. in plur. as subst.: obstantia, ĭum, n.:
obstantia silvarum amoliri,hinderances, obstructions, Tac. A. 1, 50.