I. To stand back, remain standing anywhere (cf. resideo); to stand still, halt, stop, stay; to stay behind, remain, continue (class.; less freq. than consistere).
A. Lit.: dabo μέγα κακόν, nisi resistis ... Mane ... Mane atque asta, Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 10; cf. id. Truc. 4, 2, 38; 41: “Resiste!” Stop! Halt! Ter. And. 2, 2, 7; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 10; Poët. ap. Sen. Ep. 89, 6: “quaeso ubinam illic restitit miles modo?” Plaut. Poen. 2, 22; cf.: “ubi restiteras?” id. Ps. 4, 1, 9: “heus! heus! tibi dico, Chaerea, inquit, restiti,” Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 46; 2, 3, 12: “ubi ille saepius appellatus aspexit ac restitit,” Caes. B. C. 2, 35; cf.: “ad haec revocantis verba resistit,” Ov. M. 1, 503: “ad omnes municipiorum villarumque amoenitates,” Tac. H. 2, 87: “restitere Romani, tamquam caelesti voce jussi,” Liv. 1, 12, 7: “neque certum inveniri poterat, obtinendine Brundisii causā ibi remansisset ... an inopiā navium ibi restitisset,” Caes. B. C. 1, 25: “postero die cum duabus legionibus in occulto restitit,” id. B. G. 7, 35: “Jubam revocatum finitimo bello restitisse in regno,” id. B. C. 2, 38: Vettius negabat, se umquam cum Curione restitisse, that he had stopped (to talk), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2 (al. constitisse): “nihil est ubi lapsi resistamus,” id. Mur. 39, 84: “hostes dat in fugam, sic ut omnino pugnandi causă restiterit nemo,” Caes. B. G. 5, 51 fin.: “qui restitissent (sc. in urbe),” Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 3; Liv. 37, 21: “nec ante restitit, quam, etc.,” id. 2, 59: “cernes saepe resistere equos,” Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 54.—
b. Transf., of things: “sidus nusquam resistens,” Sen. Q. N. 1, praef. med.: “rota,” id. Med. 744: “proluvies ventris,” Col. 6, 7, 4.—
B. Trop.: “nec resistet (vita) extra fores limenque carceris,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 80: “quod optabile, id expetendum: quod expetendum, laudabile: deinde reliqui gradus. Sed ego in hoc resisto,” I stop at this, pause here, id. Fin. 4, 18, 50; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 55; cf.: “ad thalami clausas, Musa, resiste fores,” Ov. A. A. 2, 704: “incipit effari mediāque in voce resistit,” Verg. A. 4, 76: “cursus ad singula vestigia resistit,” Quint. 10, 7, 14: “resistens ac salebrosa oratio,” id. 11, 2, 46 Spald.: “verba resistunt,” Ov. H. 13, 121: “in secundo loco,” Plin. Pan. 10, 4.—
II. To withstand, oppose, resist; to make opposition or resistance (so most freq.; cf.: repugno, adversor).
A. Esp. in milit. lang., constr. usu. with dat. or absol.
(α).
With dat.: “cum legiones hostibus resisterent,” Caes. B. G. 2, 22: “paulisper nostris,” id. ib. 4, 14: “venientibus, signa inferentibus,” id. B. C. 1, 55; 1, 82 fin.: “eruptionibus,” id. B. G. 7, 24 fin.: “repentinae Gallorum conjurationi,” id. ib. 5, 27.—Pass. impers.: “alicui in acie,” Nep. Hann. 5, 4: “neque ulla multitudine in unum locum coactā, resisti posse Romanis,” Hirt. B. G. 8, 2. —
(β).
Absol.: “resistere neque deprecari,” Caes. B. G. 4, 7; 2, 23; 4, 12; “5, 7 et saep.: acerrime,” id. ib. 7, 62: “audacius,” id. ib. 2, 26: “fortiter,” id. ib. 3, 21: “fortissime,” id. ib. 4, 12: “aegre,” id. B. C. 3, 63: “caeco Marte resistunt,” Verg. A. 2, 335: “nihil de resistendo cogitabat,” Caes. B. C. 2. 34: ibi resistere ac propulsare, Sall. J. 51, 1: “nedum resistendi occasionem fuerit habiturus,” Curt. 7, 4, 4.— Impers. pass.: “ab nostris eādem ratione quā pridie resistitur,” Caes. B. G. 5, 40; so, “resisti,” id. ib. 1, 37; id. B. C. 3, 63.—
B. In gen.: “omnia consilia consulatūs mei, quibus illi tribuno plebis pro re publicā restitissem,” Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 48: “alicui rei publicae causā,” id. Fam. 5, 2, 6: “injuriis,” id. ib. 1, 5, b, 2: “fortiter dolori ac fortunae,” id. ib. 5, 17, 3; cf.: “vix dolori,” id. ib. 4, 6, 1: “defensioni,” i. e. to reply to, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1: “factioni inimicorum,” Sall. C. 34, 2: “sceleri,” Ov. M. 10, 322: “resistere et repugnare contra veritatem non audet,” Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 51.— Impers. pass.: “omnibus his (sententiis) resistitur,” Caes. B. C. 1, 4; Cic. Lael. 12, 41; Quint. 4, 2, 14; 6, 4, 10: “cui nec virtute resisti potest,” Ov. M. 9, 200 al. — Absol.: restitit et pervicit Cato, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 8; Caes. B. C. 3, 21: “resistentibus collegis,” Sall. J. 37, 2: “patricii contra vi resistunt,” Liv. 3, 13 Drak. N. cr.: “ne qua sibi statua poneretur, restitit,” Nep. Att. 3, 2.—Impers. pass.: “cum a Cottā primisque ordinibus acriter resisteretur,” Caes. B. G. 5, 30: “vix deorum opibus, quin obruatur Romana res, resisti posse,” Liv. 4, 43. —
b. Transf., of things: “(plaustra) adversus tempestatem nocentem non resistunt,” Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2; cf.: “(fundamenta) valenter resistent contra ea, quae, etc.,” Col. 1, 5, 9: “(Symplegades) Quae nunc immotae perstant ventisque resistunt,” Ov. M. 15, 339; cf.: “indejecta domus tanto malo,” id. ib. 1, 288: “radices frigori,” Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 68: “silex vehementer igni,” id. 36, 22, 49, § 169: “haec gemmarum genera scalpturae,” id. 37, 7, 30, § 104. — Hence, of medicines, to resist, act against a disease: “amiantus veneficiis resistit omnibus,” Plin. 36, 19, 31, § 139; 23, 8, 80, § 152; 30, 11, 28, § 93 al.: “vis tribunicia libidini restitit consulari,” Cic. Agr. 2, 6.—Absol.: “ut ripae fluminis cedunt aut prominentia montium resistunt,” projecting mountains advance into it, Tac. A. 2, 16: “ni vis humana resistat,” Lucr. 5, 207: “mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas mens eorum est,” Caes. B. G. 3, 19 fin. —
III. To rise again (very rare, and only trop.; syn. resurgo): post ex fluvio fortuna resistet, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 47 Vahl.): “nihil est jam, unde nos reficiamus, aut ubi lapsi resistamus,” we can raise ourselves up, rise again, Cic. Mur. 39, 84.
