I.sup., 1, v. n., to stand at or near a person or thing, to stand by, stand (syn.: adsisto, adsum, faveo).
I. 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.—
II. 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).—
III. 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.
