absisto
Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλος → Life is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ab-sisto: stĭti, no
I sup., 3, v. n. (like all the compounds of the simple active verb, used only in a neutr. signif.), to withdraw or depart from, to go away; constr. absol., with ab, or the simple abl. (not in Cic.).
I Lit.: quae me hic reliquit atque abstitit, who has left me behind here, and gone off, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 32: ab signis, Caes. B. G. 5, 17; v. Gron. ad Liv. 27, 45.—absol.: miles abstitit, went away, Tac. 2, 31: ab ore scintillae absistunt, burst forth, Verg. A. 12, 101: limine, id. ib. 7, 610: luco, id. ib. 6, 259. —
II Trop. with abl. (of subst. or gerund.) or the inf., to desist from an act, purpose, etc., to cease, to leave off (so, perh., first in the Aug. period, for the more common desisto): obsidione, Liv. 9, 15 Drak.: bello, Hor. S. 1, 3, 104: continuando magistratu, Liv. 9, 34: sequendo, id. 29, 33: ingratis benefacere, id. 36, 35: moveri, Verg. A. 6, 399: absiste viribus indubitare tuis, cease to distrust thy strength, id. ib. 8, 403; cf. morari, id. ib. 12, 676.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
absistō,¹¹ stĭtī, ĕre, intr.
1 s’éloigner de : ab aliqua re Cæs. G. 5, 17, 2, de qqch. ; vestigiis hostis Liv. 27, 42, 17, s’éloigner des traces de l’ennemi, perdre les traces de l’ennemi || [poét.] ab ore scintillæ absistunt Virg. En. 12, 102, des étincelles jaillissent de son visage
2 [fig.] cesser de, renoncer à : a) [avec abl.] oppugnatione Liv. 44, 12, 7, renoncer au siège ; incepto Liv. 25, 5, 5, abandonner une entreprise, cf. 21, 6, 8 ; 24, 10, 15 ; etc.; continuando magistratu Liv. 9, 34, 2, cesser de maintenir sa charge, de se maintenir en charge, cf. 29, 33, 8 ; b) [avec inf.] Virg. En. 6, 399 ; 8, 403 ; Liv. 7, 25, 5 ; 32, 35, 7 ; 36, 35, 4 ; c) abst] s’arrêter, cesser : Virg. En. 1, 192 ; Liv. 34, 8, 2 ; 36, 45, 3 ; 44, 39, 9 ; absistamus Virg. En. 9, 355, tenons-nous-en là.
