assisto

as-sisto ( ads-, Fleck., Lachm., B. and K., Rib., Halm; ass-, Merk.), astĭti, no sup., 3, v. n. (cf. absisto), to place one's self somewhere, to stand, post one's self.

I.

In gen.:

Mane tu atque adsiste ilico,

Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 2:

Adsistite omnes contra me,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 23:

ut adsisterent coram Domino,

Vulg. Job, 1, 6; ib. 2 Par. 9, 7:

adsiste altrinsecus,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 123:

hic propter hunc adsiste,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 15:

Qui nunc hic adsistunt,

Vulg. Zach. 3, 7:

Accede, nate, adsiste,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 21:

ut ipsi ad fores adsisterent, imperat,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 26:

ut contra omnes hostium copias in ponte unus (Cocles) adsisteret,

id. Leg. 2, 4, 10:

Quem Turnus super adsistens,

Verg. A. 10, 490:

Donec Laërtius heros Astitit,

Ov. M. 13, 125. —

II.

Esp.

A.

As indicating a completed action, to stand somewhere, to stand at or by:

ita jacere talum, ut rectus adsistat,

may stand erect, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 54:

Nec refert quibus adsistas regionibus ejus,

Lucr. 1, 964:

lecto assistere,

Ov. F. 5, 457:

precanti,

id. ib. 1, 631: adsisto divinis, * Hor. S. 1, 6, 114:

neque enim scribenti, ediscenti et cogitanti praeceptor adsistit,

Quint. 1, 2, 12.—With acc.:

equos,

Stat. Th. 3, 299.— Trop.:

consulum tribunalibus Italia et publicae provinciae adsisterent, i. e. comparerent jura accepturi,

Tac. A. 13, 4.—

B.

Alicui.

a.

To stand by one (as counsel) before a tribunal, to defend, assist, aid (post-Aug. for the class. adesse, q. v.):

adsistebam Vareno,

Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 3; 7, 10, 85; Dig. 6, 1, 54; App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 3.—

b.

To stand before one on trial, in judgment (eccl. Lat.):

Caesari oportet te adsistere,

Vulg. Act. 27, 23.