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|lshtext=<b>obstīpus</b>: a, um, adj. ob-[[stipes]],<br /><b>I</b> [[bent]] or inclined to one [[side]]; opp. to [[rectus]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen., [[oblique]], [[shelving]]: omnia [[mendose]] fieri [[atque]] obstipa, [[necesse]] est, Lucr. 4. 517: obstitum ([[leg]]. obstipum) obliquum, Enn. Libr. XVI.: montibus obstitis ([[leg]]. obstipis) obstantibus, [[unde]] oritur nox. Et in Libr. VIII.: [[amplius]] exaugere obstipolumve ([[leg]]. opstipo lumine) solis. [[Caecilius]] in imbros ([[leg]]. Imbris): resupina obstito ([[leg]]. obstipo) capitulo sibi ventum facere cunicula ([[leg]]. [[tunicula]]). [[Lucretius]]: omnia, etc.;<br /> v. [[supra]], Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll.; v. Müll. ad loc.; and cf. Enn. Ann. v. 290 and 407 Vahl.; and Trag. Rel. p. 44 Rib.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bent or [[drawn]] [[back]], said of the [[stiff]] [[neck]] of a [[proud]] [[person]]: [[cervix]] rigida et obstipa, Suet. Tib. 68.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bent [[forward]], [[bent]] or bowed [[down]]: stes capite obstipo, [[multum]] [[similis]] metuenti, Hor. S. 2, 5, 92.—So of one [[lost]] in [[thought]]: obstipo capite et figentes lumine terram, Pers. 3, 80.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bent or inclined to one [[side]], of the [[dragon]]'s [[head]], a translation of the Gr. λοξὸν [[κάρη]]>: obstipum [[caput]] et tereti cervice reflexum, Cic. Arat. N. D. 2, 42, 107; cf. Col. 7, 10, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[stiff]] - necked, [[obstinate]], [[perverse]] (eccl. Lat.), Jul. ap. Aug. c. Sec. Resp. Jul. 3, 38.—Hence, obstīpē, adv., [[perversely]], Jul. ap. Aug. c. Sec. Resp. Jul. 6, 25.