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absisto

absisto, to withdraw from, depart, go away

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

absistō, abstitī, 3, n.: to stand off or away from, followed by the abl., alone or with prep.; withdraw from, 6.259; fly, dart from, 12.102; (with infin.), desist, cease, 6.399; (alone), stop, cease, 1.192.

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absistens Verb: present active participle masculine nominative singular, Verb: present active participle feminine vocative singular, Verb: present active participle masculine vocative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter accusative singular, Verb: present active participle feminine nominative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter nominative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter vocative singular of absisto

See absistens in Morpho

ab-sisto, stĭti, no sup., 3, v. n. (like all the compounds of the simple active verb, used only in a neutr. signif.), to withdraw or depart from, to go away; constr. absol., with ab, or the simple abl. (not in Cic.).
  • I Lit.: quae me hic reliquit atque abstitit, who has left me behind here, and gone off, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 32 (513): ab signis, Caes. B. G. 5, 17; v. Gron. ad Liv. 27, 45.—absol.: miles abstitit, went away, Tac. A. 2, 31: ab ore scintillae absistunt, burst forth, Verg. A. 12, 101: limine, id. ib. 7, 610: luco, id. ib. 6, 259. —
  • II Trop. with abl. (of subst. or gerund.) or the inf., to desist from an act, purpose, etc., to cease, to leave off (so, perh., first in the Aug. period, for the more common desisto): obsidione, Liv. 9, 15 Drak.: bello, Hor. S. 1, 3, 104: continuando magistratu, Liv. 9, 34: sequendo, id. 29, 33: ingratis benefacere, id. 36, 35: moveri, Verg. A. 6, 399: absiste viribus indubitare tuis, cease to distrust thy strength, id. ib. 8, 403; cf. morari, id. ib. 12, 676.

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