stand on
stand on:
I. Lit.:
1. insto, stĭti, 1. to s. on the hills, instare jugis, Virg. Aen. 11, 529: to s. on the couch, instare in triclinio, Suet. Tib. 72.
2. insisto, stĭti, 3: villas s. on the bank of the river, villae i. margine fluminis, Plin. Ep. 8, 8.
II. To s. on end:
1. horreo, ui, 2: Latona often grieved that her sacred hair should s. on end, saepe h. sacros doluit Latona capillos, Tib. 2, 3, 23: his hair s.s up on end, erectus h. crinis, Sen. Herc. Oet. 707.
2. sto, stĕti, stātum, 1: his hair stood on end, steterunt comae, Virg. Aen. 2, 774.
3. rĭgeo, ui, 2: his hair s.s on end with cold fear, gelidoque comae terrore r., Ov. M. 3, 100.
III. Met.: to s. on ceremony, perh. *nihil nisi sollenni more agere: to s. on one's dignity, perh. *dignitati, gravitati consulere: indignari: dedecoris causa irasci: to s. on one's rights, suo jure vindicare (asserere) aliquid, cf. Cic. Off. 1, 1.
I. Lit.:
1. insto, stĭti, 1. to s. on the hills, instare jugis, Virg. Aen. 11, 529: to s. on the couch, instare in triclinio, Suet. Tib. 72.
2. insisto, stĭti, 3: villas s. on the bank of the river, villae i. margine fluminis, Plin. Ep. 8, 8.
II. To s. on end:
1. horreo, ui, 2: Latona often grieved that her sacred hair should s. on end, saepe h. sacros doluit Latona capillos, Tib. 2, 3, 23: his hair s.s up on end, erectus h. crinis, Sen. Herc. Oet. 707.
2. sto, stĕti, stātum, 1: his hair stood on end, steterunt comae, Virg. Aen. 2, 774.
3. rĭgeo, ui, 2: his hair s.s on end with cold fear, gelidoque comae terrore r., Ov. M. 3, 100.
III. Met.: to s. on ceremony, perh. *nihil nisi sollenni more agere: to s. on one's dignity, perh. *dignitati, gravitati consulere: indignari: dedecoris causa irasci: to s. on one's rights, suo jure vindicare (asserere) aliquid, cf. Cic. Off. 1, 1.