obsto
See also: obstó
Latin
Etymology
From ob- (“before, in front”) + stō (“stand”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈob.stoː/, [ˈɔps̠t̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈob.sto/, [ˈɔbst̪o]
Verb
obstō (present infinitive obstāre, perfect active obstitī, future participle obstātūrus); first conjugation, no supine stem except in the future active participle, impersonal in the passive
- I stand before, stand in the way of, obstruct, block, oppose.
- Synonyms: oppōnō, adversor, obversor, refrāgor, repugnō, restō, resistō, officiō, obstruō, dīvertō, recūsō, subsistō, resistō, vetō
- I thwart, hinder.
- Synonyms: supprimō, intersaepiō, moror, prohibeō, impediō, refrēnō, dētineō, obstruō, retineō, arceō, cohibeō, sistō, inclūdō, reprimō, perimō, officiō, tardō, saepiō, premō, coerceō, comprimō, sustentō
- Antonyms: līberō, eximō, vindicō, servō, exonerō, absolvō, excipiō, ēmittō
Usage notes
Usually used with the dative.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of obstō (first conjugation, no supine stem except in the future active participle, impersonal in passive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | obstō | obstās | obstat | obstāmus | obstātis | obstant |
| imperfect | obstābam | obstābās | obstābat | obstābāmus | obstābātis | obstābant | |
| future | obstābō | obstābis | obstābit | obstābimus | obstābitis | obstābunt | |
| 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 | — | — | obstātur | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | obstābātur | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | obstābitur | — | — | — | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | obstem | obstēs | obstet | obstēmus | obstētis | obstent |
| imperfect | obstārem | obstārēs | obstāret | obstārēmus | obstārētis | obstārent | |
| perfect | obstiterim | obstiterīs | obstiterit | obstiterīmus | obstiterītis | obstiterint | |
| pluperfect | obstitissem | obstitissēs | obstitisset | obstitissēmus | obstitissētis | obstitissent | |
| passive | present | — | — | obstētur | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | obstārētur | — | — | — | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | obstā | — | — | obstāte | — |
| future | — | obstātō | obstātō | — | obstātōte | obstantō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | obstāre | obstitisse | obstātūrum esse | obstārī | — | — | |
| participles | obstāns | — | obstātūrus | — | — | obstandum | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| obstandī | obstandō | obstandum | obstandō | — | — | ||
Derived terms
Derived terms
- nihil obstat
- obstāculum
- obstāns
- obstantia
- obstetrīx
Related terms
- obstitus
- stō
Descendants
- Anglo-Norman: ouster
- → English: oust
- Catalan: obstar
- French: ôter
- Louisiana French: oûter
- Italian: ostare
- Portuguese: obstar
- Spanish: obstar
References
- “obsto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obsto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obsto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari)
- to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari)