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|lshtext=<b>a-sto</b>: ([[asto]], Fleck., Rib., B. and K.; adsto, Ritschl, Lachm.), stĭti, no<br /><b>I</b> [[sup]]., 1, v. n., to [[stand]] at or [[near]] a [[person]] or [[thing]], to [[stand]] by, [[stand]] (syn.: adsisto, [[adsum]], [[faveo]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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).—<br /><b>III</b> 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.