asto

Latin > English

asto astare, astiti, - V INTRANS :: stand at/on/by; assist; stand up/upright/waiting/still, stand on one's feet

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

a-sto: (asto, Fleck., Rib., B. and K.; adsto, Ritschl, Lachm.), stĭti, no
I sup., 1, v. n., to stand at or near a person or thing, to stand by, stand (syn.: adsisto, adsum, faveo).
I Lit. (very freq. and class.); constr. absol., with ad, juxta, propter, in with abl., ante, coram, contra, supra, etc.; with dat., acc., and abl., and with local adv.: astitit illum locum, et illo, et illi, et circa illum, Prisc. p. 1181 P.: marinas propter plagas, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 309 Müll. (Sat. v. 41 Vahl.): si iste stabit, adstato simul, Plaut. Ps. 3. 2, 75: cum omnis multitudo adstaret, Vulg. Lev. 9, 5; ib. Psa. 2, 2; ib. Act. 22, 20: ante ostium, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72; so id. Men. 4, 3, 2: ante aras, Lucr. 1, 90: ante oculos astare, Verg. A. 3, 150: adstare ante Dominum, Vulg. Tob. 12, 15; ib. Luc. 1, 19: intra limen adstate illic, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 16: ut mihi confidenter contra adstitit! id. Capt. 3, 5, 6: Postquam ille hinc abiit, tu adstas solus! id. Ps. 1, 4, 1; so id. Bacch. 5, 2, 16; id. Stich. 3, 2, 11; id. Mil. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 36; id. Poen. 1, 2, 49 al.: adsta atque audi, id. Cist. 2, 3, 53; so id. Ep. 1, 1, 61; id. Most. 1, 4, 11: cum patre astans, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 2: cum Alexander in Sigeo ad Achillis tumulum astitisset, Cic. Arch. 10, 24: in eopse adstas lapide, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 17: astat in conspectu meo, Cic. Cat. 4, 2: multis coram adstantibus, Vulg. Gen. 45, 1: adstat coram vobis, ib. Act. 4, 10: supra caput, Verg. A. 4, 702; 5, 10: nec opinanti Mors ad caput adstitit, Lucr. 3, 959: adstiterunt ad januam, Vulg. Act. 10, 17: adstiterunt juxta illos, ib. ib. 1, 10: qui campis adstiterant, Tac. A. 2, 17 Halm: tribunali, id. ib. 12, 36 fin.: mensae, Suet. Tib. 61; so Mart. 8, 56, 13: adstabo tibi, Vulg. Psa. 5, 5; ib. Act. 27, 23: aliquem adstare, Plin. Pan. 23, 2, where Keil reads astaret: limine divae Adstitit, Stat. Th. 9, 607.—
II Trop.: Certa quidem finis vitae mortalibus adstat, awaits, Lucr. 3, 1078.— Also, to stand at one's side as counsel or aid, to assist (cf.: assisto, adsum, etc.): Amanti supparisator, hortor, adsto, admoneo, gaudeo, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 10: Dum adsto advocatus cuidam cognato meo, id. Cas. 3, 3, 4.—Poet., of an object still existing or remaining: astante ope barbaricā, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (for this Verg. has: Priami dum regna manebant, A. 2, 22).—
III Transf., to stand up, to stand upright (cf. ad, I. 1.): squamis astantibus, Verg. G. 3, 545: Minerva, quae est in Parthenone adstans, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54, where Jan reads stans.

Latin > German (Georges)

a-sto (ad-sto), stitī, āre, I) bei etw. od. jmd. stehen, stehen bleiben, sich hinstellen, A) im allg.: age asta; mane, audi, Pacuv. fr.: asta et Athenas contempla, Enn. fr.: asta, ut consuetus es puer olim, Plaut.: erus stupidus astat, Turpil. fr.: astante atque audiente Italiā totā, Cic.: astante et inspectante ipso, Caes.: super astantium manibus in murum attollitur, Sall. fr.: ast. arrectis auribus, Verg.: ast. hic, Ter.: ad id, Liv.: ast. alci, Plaut.: confidenter alci contra, Plaut.: portis, Verg.: mensae inter copreas, Suet.: ante aedes, Plaut.: cum patre, Ter.: ante oculos, Verg.: iuxta genitorem, Verg.: pro foribus, Suet.: v. Lebl., arduus in moenibus astans (v. trojanischen Pferde), Verg.: sedes relictae astant, stehen verlassen da, Verg.: mihi caeruleus supra caput astitit imber, Verg.: poet. übtr., certa quidem finis vitae mortalibus astat, steht bevor, Lucr. 3, 1076: astante ope barbaricā, noch stand, dauerte, Enn. tr. 120 (83). – / ast. illum locum, Prisc. 18, 208; aber Plin. pan. 23, 2 jetzt Keil te artaret. – B) insbes.: a) (wie assum) jmdm. ratend, helfend zur Seite stehen, Plaut. Amph. 993: dum adsto advocatus quoidam cognato meo, Plaut. Cas. 567. – b) dienend dastehen, aufwarten, tibi servi multi ad mensam astant, Naev. com. 26. – II) aufrecht-, aufgerichtet stehen, ego miser vix adsto prae formidine, halte mich kaum auf den Beinen, Plaut. capt. 637: cave ne cadas; asta, Plaut. most. 324: v. Lebl., squamae astantes, emporstehend, zu Berge stehend, Verg. georg. 3, 545. – / Perf. Conj. astasint (astassint) = astiterint, Paul. ex Fest. 26, 3: Supin. astatum od. astitum nach Prisc. 9, 38; dah. Part. Fut. act. astiturus, Aemil. Porcina b. Prisc. 9, 38.