to take a stand, take position, stand still, remain
standing, stop, halt: audacius, Cs.: Substitit Aeneas et se conlegit in arma, V.: occultus
subsistebat, stationed himself in ambush, L.: positis
pars utraque substitit armis, O.: substitit
unda, V.: Substitit lingua timore,
O.—To remain, abide, stay: circa Mesopotamiam,
Cu.: diutius, Cu.: intra priorem
paupertatem, Ta. —To make a stand, stand firm, hold out,
withstand, oppose, resist: in Samnio adversus Caudinas
legiones, L.: Hannibali atque eius armis, L.:
clipeo iuvenis, V.: quod neque
ancorae funesque subsisterent, neque, etc., held out, Cs.: praepotentem armis Romanum nec acies subsistere ullae poterant,
L.—Fig., to come to a stop, end, pause, cease: Substitit
clamor, O.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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