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|lshtext=<b>obstĭno</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. a lengthened form of [[obsto]],<br /><b>I</b> 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.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf.: obstinaverant animis aut vincere, aut mori, Liv. 23, 29, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.
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