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|lshtext=<b>rĕ -sisto</b>: stĭti, 3, v. n.<br /><b>I</b> To [[stand]] [[back]], [[remain]] [[standing]] [[anywhere]] (cf. [[resideo]]); to [[stand]] [[still]], [[halt]], [[stop]], [[stay]]; to [[stay]] [[behind]], [[remain]], [[continue]] ([[class]].; [[less]] freq. [[than]] consistere).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: dabo μέγα κακόν,> [[nisi]] resistis ... Mane ... Mane [[atque]] [[asta]], Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 10; cf. id. Truc. 4, 2, 38; 41: Resiste! Stop! Halt! Ter. And. 2, 2, 7; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 10; Poët. ap. Sen. Ep. 89, 6: [[quaeso]] [[ubinam]] [[illic]] restitit [[miles]] [[modo]]? Plaut. Poen. 2, 22; cf.: ubi restiteras? id. Ps. 4, 1, 9: [[heus!]] [[heus!]] [[tibi]] [[dico]], [[Chaerea]], inquit, restiti, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 46; 2, 3, 12: ubi [[ille]] saepius appellatus aspexit ac restitit, Caes. B. C. 2, 35; cf.: ad haec revocantis verba resistit, Ov. M. 1, 503: ad omnes municipiorum villarumque amoenitates, Tac. H. 2, 87: restitere Romani, [[tamquam]] caelesti voce jussi, Liv. 1, 12, 7: [[neque]] certum inveniri poterat, obtinendine Brundisii causā ibi remansisset ... an inopiā navium ibi restitisset, Caes. B. C. 1, 25: [[postero]] [[die]] cum duabus legionibus in [[occulto]] restitit, id. B. G. 7, 35: Jubam revocatum finitimo [[bello]] restitisse in [[regno]], id. B. C. 2, 38: [[Vettius]] negabat, se [[umquam]] cum Curione restitisse, [[that]] he had stopped (to [[talk]]), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2 (al. constitisse): [[nihil]] est ubi lapsi resistamus, id. Mur. 39, 84: hostes dat in fugam, sic ut [[omnino]] pugnandi causă restiterit [[nemo]], Caes. B. G. 5, 51 fin.: qui restitissent (sc. in urbe), Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 3; Liv. 37, 21: nec [[ante]] restitit, [[quam]], etc., id. 2, 59: cernes [[saepe]] resistere equos, Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 54.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf., of things: [[sidus]] [[nusquam]] resistens, Sen. Q. N. 1, praef. med.: [[rota]], id. Med. 744: [[proluvies]] ventris, Col. 6, 7, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: nec resistet ([[vita]]) [[extra]] fores limenque carceris, Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 80: [[quod]] optabile, id expetendum: [[quod]] expetendum, laudabile: [[deinde]] reliqui [[gradus]]. Sed ego in hoc [[resisto]], I [[stop]] at this, [[pause]] here, id. Fin. 4, 18, 50; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 55; cf.: ad thalami clausas, [[Musa]], resiste fores, Ov. A. A. 2, 704: incipit effari mediāque in voce resistit, Verg. A. 4, 76: [[cursus]] ad singula vestigia resistit, Quint. 10, 7, 14: resistens ac salebrosa [[oratio]], id. 11, 2, 46 Spald.: verba resistunt, Ov. H. 13, 121: in [[secundo]] [[loco]], Plin. [[Pan]]. 10, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> To [[withstand]], [[oppose]], [[resist]]; to [[make]] [[opposition]] or [[resistance]] (so [[most]] freq.; cf.: [[repugno]], [[adversor]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Esp. in milit. lang., constr. usu. [[with]] dat. or absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: cum legiones hostibus resisterent, Caes. B. G. 2, 22: [[paulisper]] nostris, id. ib. 4, 14: venientibus, signa inferentibus, id. B. C. 1, 55; 1, 82 fin.: eruptionibus, id. B. G. 7, 24 fin.: repentinae Gallorum conjurationi, id. ib. 5, 27.—Pass. impers.: alicui in acie, Nep. Hann. 5, 4: [[neque]] ulla multitudine in unum locum coactā, resisti posse Romanis, Hirt. B. G. 8, 2. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: resistere [[neque]] deprecari, Caes. B. G. 4, 7; 2, 23; 4, 12; 5, 7 et saep.: acerrime, id. ib. 7, 62: audacius, id. ib. 2, 26: [[fortiter]], id. ib. 3, 21: fortissime, id. ib. 4, 12: [[aegre]], id. B. C. 3, 63: [[caeco]] Marte resistunt, Verg. A. 2, 335: [[nihil]] de resistendo cogitabat, Caes. B. C. 2. 34: ibi resistere ac propulsare, Sall. J. 51, 1: [[nedum]] resistendi occasionem fuerit habiturus, Curt. 7, 4, 4.— Impers. [[pass]].: ab nostris eādem ratione quā [[pridie]] resistitur, Caes. B. G. 5, 40; so, resisti, id. ib. 1, 37; id. B. C. 3, 63.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In gen.: omnia consilia consulatūs mei, quibus [[illi]] tribuno [[plebis]] pro re publicā restitissem, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 48: alicui rei publicae causā, id. Fam. 5, 2, 6: injuriis, id. ib. 1, 5, b, 2: [[fortiter]] dolori ac fortunae, id. ib. 5, 17, 3; cf.: vix dolori, id. ib. 4, 6, 1: defensioni, i. e. to [[reply]] to, id. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1: factioni inimicorum, Sall. C. 34, 2: sceleri, Ov. M. 10, 322: resistere et repugnare [[contra]] veritatem non audet, Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 51.— Impers. [[pass]].: omnibus his (sententiis) resistitur, Caes. B. C. 1, 4; Cic. Lael. 12, 41; Quint. 4, 2, 14; 6, 4, 10: cui nec virtute resisti potest, Ov. M. 9, 200 al. — Absol.: restitit et pervicit [[Cato]], Cic. Att. 2, 1, 8; Caes. B. C. 3, 21: resistentibus collegis, Sall. J. 37, 2: [[patricii]] [[contra]] vi resistunt, Liv. 3, 13 Drak. N. cr.: ne [[qua]] sibi [[statua]] poneretur, restitit, Nep. Att. 3, 2.—Impers. [[pass]].: cum a Cottā primisque ordinibus [[acriter]] resisteretur, Caes. B. G. 5, 30: vix deorum opibus, [[quin]] obruatur Romana res, resisti posse, Liv. 4, 43. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf., of things: ([[plaustra]]) [[adversus]] tempestatem nocentem non resistunt, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2; cf.: (fundamenta) [[valenter]] resistent [[contra]] ea, quae, etc., Col. 1, 5, 9: ([[Symplegades]]) Quae [[nunc]] immotae perstant ventisque resistunt, Ov. M. 15, 339; cf.: indejecta [[domus]] tanto [[malo]], id. ib. 1, 288: radices frigori, Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 68: [[silex]] [[vehementer]] igni, id. 36, 22, 49, § 169: haec gemmarum genera scalpturae, id. 37, 7, 30, § 104. — Hence, of medicines, to [[resist]], [[act]] [[against]] a [[disease]]: [[amiantus]] veneficiis resistit omnibus, Plin. 36, 19, 31, § 139; 23, 8, 80, § 152; 30, 11, 28, § 93 al.: vis tribunicia libidini restitit consulari, Cic. Agr. 2, 6.—Absol.: ut ripae fluminis cedunt aut [[prominentia]] montium resistunt, projecting mountains [[advance]] [[into]] it, Tac. A. 2, 16: ni vis humana resistat, Lucr. 5, 207: [[mollis]] ac [[minime]] resistens ad calamitates perferendas [[mens]] eorum est, Caes. B. G. 3, 19 fin. —<br /><b>III</b> To [[rise]] [[again]] ([[very]] [[rare]], and [[only]] trop.; syn. [[resurgo]]): [[post]] ex fluvio [[fortuna]] resistet, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 47 Vahl.): [[nihil]] est jam, [[unde]] nos reficiamus, aut ubi lapsi resistamus, we can [[raise]] [[ourselves]] up, [[rise]] [[again]], Cic. Mur. 39, 84.
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