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|lshtext=<b>in-sisto</b>: stĭti, 3, v. n.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[set]] [[foot]] [[upon]], to [[stand]], [[tread]], or [[press]] [[upon]]; constr. [[mostly]] [[with]] dat., also [[with]] in and abl. or acc., or the [[simple]] acc. ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: nec desunt villae quae secutae fluminis amoenitatem margini insistunt, Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 6: ut proximi jacentibus insisterent, stepped [[upon]] [[them]], Caes. B. G. 2, 27: alternis pedibus, Quint. 11, 3, 128: volucres metuunt insistere ramis, Luc. 3, 407: vestigiis, Liv. 25, 33 fin.: huic (saxo) institerat [[frustra]], Ov. F. 5, 150: plantis, Juv. 6, 96: clamoso [[circo]], [[occupy]] a [[place]] in, id. 9, 144.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in and abl.: insistebat in manu Cereris [[dextra]] [[simulacrum]] Victoriae, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 110: cingulus [[australis]], in quo qui insistunt, id. Rep. 6, 20: in jugo, Caes. B. G. 4, 33: [[ipse]] non insistere in [[terra]] poterat, Curt. 7, 7, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in and acc.: in sinistrum pedem, Quint. 11, 3, 125; cf.: [[corvus]] [[repente]] [[super]] galeam insistit, lights, Gell. 9, 11, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With the [[simple]] acc.: plantam, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 21: [[limen]], to [[step]] [[upon]], to [[tread]] the [[threshold]], Verg. A. 6, 563: vestigia nuda sinistri [[pedis]], id. ib. 7, 690: primis [[infans]] vestigia plantis, id. ib. 11, 574: cineres, Hor. Epod. 16, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[enter]] on or [[pursue]] a [[way]], [[path]], or [[journey]]: cum [[semel]] institerunt vestigia certa viaï, Lucr. 1, 407: huc an [[illuc]] [[iter]], Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 11: omnes itinera insistant sua, id. Capt. 4, 2, 14: [[quam]] insistam viam, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 3; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 14; Liv. 37, 7, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[hostile]] [[sense]], to [[follow]], [[pursue]], [[press]] on; [[with]] dat.: effusis hostibus, Liv. 26, 44, 4: fugientibus, id. 27, 13, 4: contenti non institere cedentibus, Curt. 8, 11, 18; Nep. Eum. 4.—Pass. impers.: ut fracto jam Maroboduo, [[usque]] in [[exitium]] insisteretur, Tac. A. 2, 62.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[follow]], [[pursue]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: viam domandi, Verg. G. 3, 164: rationem pugnae, [[plan]], Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: vestigiis laudum suarum, Liv. 5, 30, 2: honoribus, Plin. Ep. 4, 8, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[follow]] up, [[pursue]] an [[object]] or [[enterprise]]; to [[press]] [[vigorously]], [[apply]] one's [[self]] to: in dolos, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 4: [[totus]] et mente et [[animo]] in [[bellum]], Caes. B. G. 6, 5. — With acc.: hoc [[negotium]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54: [[manus]], Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176.—With dat.: rebus magnis, Tib. 4, 1, 135: perdomandae Campaniae, Tac. H. 3, 77.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[set]] [[about]], [[devote]] one's [[self]] to, to [[begin]] [[with]] [[zeal]]; [[with]] inf.: tribuni orare dictatorem insistunt, ut, etc., Liv. 8, 35, 2: Appium institit sequi, id. 25, 19, 8; 24, 26, 11; 24, 46, 1; cf.: [[postero]] [[die]] ad spolia legenda foedamque spectandam stragem insistunt, id. 22, 51, 5: flagitare [[senatus]] institit Coruntum, ut, Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1. — Absol.: sic institit [[ore]], i. e. began to [[speak]], Verg. A. 12, 47; cf.: sic insistit secumque corde volutat, i. e. to [[reflect]], [[think]], id. ib. 4, 533.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[persevere]], [[continue]], [[persist]] in; [[with]] inf.: credere, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 53: tueri, Nep. Att. 11.—With dat.: [[sin]] crudelitati insisteret, Tac. A. 16, 25: spei, id. H. 2, 46: caedibus, id. A. 2, 21: studiis, to [[pursue]] [[diligently]], Quint. 1, 12, 10: obsidioni, Curt. 7, 6, 23: curae rerum, Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 2: funeri, to [[set]] [[forward]], id. 7, 52, 53, § 177. — Absol.: [[importune]], to [[persist]], Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80; Tac. A. 4, 60.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[press]] [[upon]], [[urge]]; [[with]] dat.: atriensibus ut supellectilem exponant, Col. 12, 3, 9: id [[bellum]] ipsis institit moenibus, [[was]] at, Liv. 2, 51, 2.—Absol.: dilataque tempora taedae Institerant, were at [[hand]], Ov. M. 9, 769: institit [[quantum]] potuit ut illum ex eorum manibus liberaret, urged, insisted, Aug. in Psa. 63, 4. —<br /><b>III</b> To [[press]] [[upon]], [[repress]]; and [[hence]], to [[halt]], [[pause]], [[stop]], [[stand]] [[still]]: stellarum [[motus]] insistunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103: ut non referat pedem, insistet [[certe]], id. Phil. 12, 3, 8; Tac. A. 4, 60: quae cum dixisset paulumque institisset, Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 75; id. Or. 56, 187: [[saepe]] accidit, ut aut citius insistendum [[sit]], aut longius procedendum, id. ib. 66, 221; so, to [[pause]] in [[thought]], [[hesitate]], [[doubt]]: [[ille]] in reliquis rebus non poterit [[eodem]] [[modo]] insistere? Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 107; 2, 29, 94.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[dwell]] [[upon]], [[delay]] at, [[treat]] or [[consider]] at [[length]]: ut si singulis insistere velim, progredi [[iste]] non possit, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 74, § 172: insistendum ei (arbori) [[paulum]], Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100: profuit adsidue vitiis insistere amicae, Ov. R. Am. 315.
|lshtext=<b>in-sisto</b>: stĭti, 3, v. n.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[set]] [[foot]] [[upon]], to [[stand]], [[tread]], or [[press]] [[upon]]; constr. [[mostly]] [[with]] dat., also [[with]] in and abl. or acc., or the [[simple]] acc. ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: nec desunt villae quae secutae fluminis amoenitatem margini insistunt, Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 6: ut proximi jacentibus insisterent, stepped [[upon]] [[them]], Caes. B. G. 2, 27: alternis pedibus, Quint. 11, 3, 128: volucres metuunt insistere ramis, Luc. 3, 407: vestigiis, Liv. 25, 33 fin.: huic (saxo) institerat [[frustra]], Ov. F. 5, 150: plantis, Juv. 6, 96: clamoso [[circo]], [[occupy]] a [[place]] in, id. 9, 144.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in and abl.: insistebat in manu Cereris [[dextra]] [[simulacrum]] Victoriae, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 110: cingulus [[australis]], in quo qui insistunt, id. Rep. 6, 20: in jugo, Caes. B. G. 4, 33: [[ipse]] non insistere in [[terra]] poterat, Curt. 7, 7, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in and acc.: in sinistrum pedem, Quint. 11, 3, 125; cf.: [[corvus]] [[repente]] [[super]] galeam insistit, lights, Gell. 9, 11, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With the [[simple]] acc.: plantam, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 21: [[limen]], to [[step]] [[upon]], to [[tread]] the [[threshold]], Verg. A. 6, 563: vestigia nuda sinistri [[pedis]], id. ib. 7, 690: primis [[infans]] vestigia plantis, id. ib. 11, 574: cineres, Hor. Epod. 16, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[enter]] on or [[pursue]] a [[way]], [[path]], or [[journey]]: cum [[semel]] institerunt vestigia certa viaï, Lucr. 1, 407: huc an [[illuc]] [[iter]], Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 11: omnes itinera insistant sua, id. Capt. 4, 2, 14: [[quam]] insistam viam, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 3; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 14; Liv. 37, 7, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[hostile]] [[sense]], to [[follow]], [[pursue]], [[press]] on; [[with]] dat.: effusis hostibus, Liv. 26, 44, 4: fugientibus, id. 27, 13, 4: contenti non institere cedentibus, Curt. 8, 11, 18; Nep. Eum. 4.—Pass. impers.: ut fracto jam Maroboduo, [[usque]] in [[exitium]] insisteretur, Tac. A. 2, 62.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[follow]], [[pursue]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: viam domandi, Verg. G. 3, 164: rationem pugnae, [[plan]], Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: vestigiis laudum suarum, Liv. 5, 30, 2: honoribus, Plin. Ep. 4, 8, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[follow]] up, [[pursue]] an [[object]] or [[enterprise]]; to [[press]] [[vigorously]], [[apply]] one's [[self]] to: in dolos, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 4: [[totus]] et mente et [[animo]] in [[bellum]], Caes. B. G. 6, 5. — With acc.: hoc [[negotium]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54: [[manus]], Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176.—With dat.: rebus magnis, Tib. 4, 1, 135: perdomandae Campaniae, Tac. H. 3, 77.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[set]] [[about]], [[devote]] one's [[self]] to, to [[begin]] [[with]] [[zeal]]; [[with]] inf.: tribuni orare dictatorem insistunt, ut, etc., Liv. 8, 35, 2: Appium institit sequi, id. 25, 19, 8; 24, 26, 11; 24, 46, 1; cf.: [[postero]] [[die]] ad spolia legenda foedamque spectandam stragem insistunt, id. 22, 51, 5: flagitare [[senatus]] institit Coruntum, ut, Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1. — Absol.: sic institit [[ore]], i. e. began to [[speak]], Verg. A. 12, 47; cf.: sic insistit secumque corde volutat, i. e. to [[reflect]], [[think]], id. ib. 4, 533.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[persevere]], [[continue]], [[persist]] in; [[with]] inf.: credere, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 53: tueri, Nep. Att. 11.—With dat.: [[sin]] crudelitati insisteret, Tac. A. 16, 25: spei, id. H. 2, 46: caedibus, id. A. 2, 21: studiis, to [[pursue]] [[diligently]], Quint. 1, 12, 10: obsidioni, Curt. 7, 6, 23: curae rerum, Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 2: funeri, to [[set]] [[forward]], id. 7, 52, 53, § 177. — Absol.: [[importune]], to [[persist]], Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80; Tac. A. 4, 60.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[press]] [[upon]], [[urge]]; [[with]] dat.: atriensibus ut supellectilem exponant, Col. 12, 3, 9: id [[bellum]] ipsis institit moenibus, [[was]] at, Liv. 2, 51, 2.—Absol.: dilataque tempora taedae Institerant, were at [[hand]], Ov. M. 9, 769: institit [[quantum]] potuit ut illum ex eorum manibus liberaret, urged, insisted, Aug. in Psa. 63, 4. —<br /><b>III</b> To [[press]] [[upon]], [[repress]]; and [[hence]], to [[halt]], [[pause]], [[stop]], [[stand]] [[still]]: stellarum [[motus]] insistunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103: ut non referat pedem, insistet [[certe]], id. Phil. 12, 3, 8; Tac. A. 4, 60: quae cum dixisset paulumque institisset, Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 75; id. Or. 56, 187: [[saepe]] accidit, ut aut citius insistendum [[sit]], aut longius procedendum, id. ib. 66, 221; so, to [[pause]] in [[thought]], [[hesitate]], [[doubt]]: [[ille]] in reliquis rebus non poterit [[eodem]] [[modo]] insistere? Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 107; 2, 29, 94.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[dwell]] [[upon]], [[delay]] at, [[treat]] or [[consider]] at [[length]]: ut si singulis insistere velim, progredi [[iste]] non possit, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 74, § 172: insistendum ei (arbori) [[paulum]], Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100: profuit adsidue vitiis insistere amicae, Ov. R. Am. 315.
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|gf=<b>īnsistō</b>,¹⁰ stĭtī, ĕre, intr. et tr.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> intr.,<br /><b>1</b> se placer sur, se poser sur : [[firmiter]] Cæs. G. 4, 26, 1, prendre pied solidement [sur le rivage] ; jacentibus Cæs. G. 2, 27, 3, mettre le pied sur les hommes abattus ; [[alternis]] pedibus Quint. 11, 3, 128, se poser tantôt sur un pied, tantôt sur un autre ; in [[jugo]] Cæs. G. 4, 33, 3, se placer sur le joug, cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 6 ; Rep. 6, 21 ; in sinistrum pedem Quint. 11, 3, 125, se tenir sur le pied gauche || insistebat in manu Cereris [[simulacrum]] Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 110, il y avait dans la main de Cérès une statue ; villæ margini insistunt Plin. Min. Ep. 8, 8, 7, des villas se fixent sur la rive<br /><b>2</b> se mettre aux trousses de : hostibus Liv. 26, 24, 4, se mettre aux trousses de l’ennemi, cf. Liv. 27, 13, 4 ; Curt. 8, 11, 18<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] s’attacher à, se donner à : in [[bellum]] Cæs. G. 6, 5, 1, se donner à la guerre ; ad [[spolia]] legenda Liv. 22, 51, 5, s’occuper à ramasser les dépouilles ; alicui [[rei]] Liv. 37, 60, 2, s’occuper à qqch. ; perdomandæ Campaniæ Tac. H. 3, 77, s’attacher à soumettre la Campanie || être toujours après qqn, assiéger qqn : Hor. S. 2, 5, 88<br /><b>4</b> s’arrêter [pr. et fig.] : Cic. Nat. 2, 103 ; Phil. 12, 8 ; Fin. 5, 75 || [en parl. de l’arrêt de la période] : Or. 170 ; 187 ; 221 ; de Or. 3, 190 || s’arrêter à, sur qqch. (alicui [[rei]]) : Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 172 ; Plin. 13, 100.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> tr.,<br /><b>1</b> marcher sur, fouler : [[limen]] Virg. En. 6, 563, fouler le seuil || vestigia Lucr. 1, 406, suivre des traces ; [[iter]] Liv. 37, 7, 8, suivre une route ; [fig.] rationem pugnæ Cæs. G. 3, 14, 3, suivre une méthode de combat, cf. Pl. Mil. 593 ; Ter. Eun. 294<br /><b>2</b> s’appliquer à, poursuivre la réalisation de : [[munus]] Cic. de Or. 3, 176, poursuivre une tâche, cf. Pl. Mil. 929 || [avec inf.] se mettre avec insistance à, s’attacher à : flagitare [[senatus]] institit Cornutum ut... Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1, le sénat se mit à prier [[Cornutus]] de..., cf. Liv. 8, 35, 2 ; 24, 26, 11 ; Appium institit sequi Liv. 25, 19, 8, il s’attacha à la poursuite d’[[Appius]].
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

in-sisto: stĭti, 3, v. n.,
I to set foot upon, to stand, tread, or press upon; constr. mostly with dat., also with in and abl. or acc., or the simple acc. (class.).
I Lit.
   A In gen.
   (a)    With dat.: nec desunt villae quae secutae fluminis amoenitatem margini insistunt, Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 6: ut proximi jacentibus insisterent, stepped upon them, Caes. B. G. 2, 27: alternis pedibus, Quint. 11, 3, 128: volucres metuunt insistere ramis, Luc. 3, 407: vestigiis, Liv. 25, 33 fin.: huic (saxo) institerat frustra, Ov. F. 5, 150: plantis, Juv. 6, 96: clamoso circo, occupy a place in, id. 9, 144.—
   (b)    With in and abl.: insistebat in manu Cereris dextra simulacrum Victoriae, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 110: cingulus australis, in quo qui insistunt, id. Rep. 6, 20: in jugo, Caes. B. G. 4, 33: ipse non insistere in terra poterat, Curt. 7, 7, 6.—
   (g)    With in and acc.: in sinistrum pedem, Quint. 11, 3, 125; cf.: corvus repente super galeam insistit, lights, Gell. 9, 11, 7.—
   (d)    With the simple acc.: plantam, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 21: limen, to step upon, to tread the threshold, Verg. A. 6, 563: vestigia nuda sinistri pedis, id. ib. 7, 690: primis infans vestigia plantis, id. ib. 11, 574: cineres, Hor. Epod. 16, 11.—
   B Esp.
   1    To enter on or pursue a way, path, or journey: cum semel institerunt vestigia certa viaï, Lucr. 1, 407: huc an illuc iter, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 11: omnes itinera insistant sua, id. Capt. 4, 2, 14: quam insistam viam, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 3; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 14; Liv. 37, 7, 8.—
   2    In hostile sense, to follow, pursue, press on; with dat.: effusis hostibus, Liv. 26, 44, 4: fugientibus, id. 27, 13, 4: contenti non institere cedentibus, Curt. 8, 11, 18; Nep. Eum. 4.—Pass. impers.: ut fracto jam Maroboduo, usque in exitium insisteretur, Tac. A. 2, 62.—
II Trop.
   A In gen., to follow, pursue.
   (a)    With acc.: viam domandi, Verg. G. 3, 164: rationem pugnae, plan, Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 3.—
   (b)    With dat.: vestigiis laudum suarum, Liv. 5, 30, 2: honoribus, Plin. Ep. 4, 8, 4.—
   B Esp.
   1    To follow up, pursue an object or enterprise; to press vigorously, apply one's self to: in dolos, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 4: totus et mente et animo in bellum, Caes. B. G. 6, 5. — With acc.: hoc negotium, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54: manus, Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176.—With dat.: rebus magnis, Tib. 4, 1, 135: perdomandae Campaniae, Tac. H. 3, 77.—
   2    To set about, devote one's self to, to begin with zeal; with inf.: tribuni orare dictatorem insistunt, ut, etc., Liv. 8, 35, 2: Appium institit sequi, id. 25, 19, 8; 24, 26, 11; 24, 46, 1; cf.: postero die ad spolia legenda foedamque spectandam stragem insistunt, id. 22, 51, 5: flagitare senatus institit Coruntum, ut, Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1. — Absol.: sic institit ore, i. e. began to speak, Verg. A. 12, 47; cf.: sic insistit secumque corde volutat, i. e. to reflect, think, id. ib. 4, 533.—
   3    To persevere, continue, persist in; with inf.: credere, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 53: tueri, Nep. Att. 11.—With dat.: sin crudelitati insisteret, Tac. A. 16, 25: spei, id. H. 2, 46: caedibus, id. A. 2, 21: studiis, to pursue diligently, Quint. 1, 12, 10: obsidioni, Curt. 7, 6, 23: curae rerum, Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 2: funeri, to set forward, id. 7, 52, 53, § 177. — Absol.: importune, to persist, Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80; Tac. A. 4, 60.—
   4    To press upon, urge; with dat.: atriensibus ut supellectilem exponant, Col. 12, 3, 9: id bellum ipsis institit moenibus, was at, Liv. 2, 51, 2.—Absol.: dilataque tempora taedae Institerant, were at hand, Ov. M. 9, 769: institit quantum potuit ut illum ex eorum manibus liberaret, urged, insisted, Aug. in Psa. 63, 4. —
III To press upon, repress; and hence, to halt, pause, stop, stand still: stellarum motus insistunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103: ut non referat pedem, insistet certe, id. Phil. 12, 3, 8; Tac. A. 4, 60: quae cum dixisset paulumque institisset, Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 75; id. Or. 56, 187: saepe accidit, ut aut citius insistendum sit, aut longius procedendum, id. ib. 66, 221; so, to pause in thought, hesitate, doubt: ille in reliquis rebus non poterit eodem modo insistere? Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 107; 2, 29, 94.—
   B To dwell upon, delay at, treat or consider at length: ut si singulis insistere velim, progredi iste non possit, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 74, § 172: insistendum ei (arbori) paulum, Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100: profuit adsidue vitiis insistere amicae, Ov. R. Am. 315.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

īnsistō,¹⁰ stĭtī, ĕre, intr. et tr.
    I intr.,
1 se placer sur, se poser sur : firmiter Cæs. G. 4, 26, 1, prendre pied solidement [sur le rivage] ; jacentibus Cæs. G. 2, 27, 3, mettre le pied sur les hommes abattus ; alternis pedibus Quint. 11, 3, 128, se poser tantôt sur un pied, tantôt sur un autre ; in jugo Cæs. G. 4, 33, 3, se placer sur le joug, cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 6 ; Rep. 6, 21 ; in sinistrum pedem Quint. 11, 3, 125, se tenir sur le pied gauche