thwart (v.) Copy link Outline 1. obsto, stĭti, stĭtum, 1 (with dat. of the object)2. obtrecto, 13. intervĕnio, vēni, ventum, 4 (to come between)4. refrāgor, 15. disjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 36. disturbo, 17. frustror, 1 • thwart (v.): 1. obsto, stĭti, stĭtum, 1 (with dat. of the object): v. oppose, obstruct, resist. 2. obtrecto, 1: to t. each other mutually, o. inter se, Nep. Arist. 1, 1. Join: aut obstare aut o., Suet. Tib. 10. 3. intervĕnio, vēni, ventum, 4 (to come between): what god has t.'d your love? vestro quis Deus intervenit amori? Calp. Ecl. 2, 23: fortune seldom t.s a wise man, fortuna exigua intervenit sapienti, Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 63 (παρεμπίπτειν). 4. refrāgor, 1: to t. a very friendly man, r. homini amicissimo, Cic. Phil. 11, 9, 20: Liv. 5. disjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3: to t. the leader's plans, d. consilia ducis, Liv. 25, 14: to t. their expectation, d. exspectationem, Suet. Caes. 42. 6. disturbo, 1: to t. and pervert the law, d. ac pervertere legem, Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 101. 7. frustror, 1: v. frustrate, disappoint. Phr.: the t.'d fortune of the state, transversa fortuna rei publicae, Cic. Brut. 97, 331.