withstand Copy link Outline 1. rĕsisto, stĭti, 32. resto, stĭti, 1 (rarer than resisto)3. obsisto, stĭti, 3 (to stand in the way, implies perhaps less active resistance than does resisto)4. obsto, stĭti, 15. rĕpugno, 1 (to fight against) • withstand: 1. rĕsisto, stĭti, 3: when the legions withstood the enemy, quum legiones hostibus resisterent, Caes. B. G. 2, 22: the wise plans of my consulship by which I w. that tribune of the commons, consilia consulatus mei quibus illi tribuno plebis restitissem, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 48. 2. resto, stĭti, 1 (rarer than resisto): you, the many, hardly w. the few, paucis plures vix restatis, Liv. 23, 45, fin. 3. obsisto, stĭti, 3 (to stand in the way, implies perhaps less active resistance than does resisto): who when they attempted to w. and make defence, qui quum obsistere ac defendere conarentur, Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 94: to w. all his designs, o. omnibus ejus consiliis, id. Cat. 3, 7, 17. 4. obsto, stĭti, 1: why do you oppose and w. my interests? cur meis commodis officis atque obstas? Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112. 5. rĕpugno, 1 (to fight against): our men at first withstood them bravely, nostri primo fortiter repugnare, Caes. B. G. 3, 4: the consuls neither gave in nor yet vehemently withstood it, consules neque concedebant neque valde repugnabant, Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 2: v. to resist, to oppose.