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ex-sto (ext- ), āre, v. n. (
I.part. fut. exstaturus, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 7; Pand. 47, 2, 78 al.), to stand out or forth, to project, to stand above.
B. Trop. (syn.: emineo, eniteo), to be prominent, stand forth, be conspicuous: “quo magis id, quod erit illuminatum. exstare atque eminere videatur,Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101: “haec enitere et exstare aliquatenus,Quint. 8, 5, 29: “arma tubaeque sonent, vox et tua noctibus exstet,predominate, be heard above, Val. Fl. 5, 252.—
II. Meton. (causa pro effectu), to be visible, show itself, appear; to be extant, to exist, to be (most freq., esp. of inanim. and abstr. subjects): “hominum nemo exstat, qui, etc.,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 142: “auctor doctrinae ejus non exstat,Liv. 1, 18, 2. pecunia, cujus auctor non exstat, Quint. 7, 2, 57: “Sarmenti domina exstat,still lives, Hor. S. 1, 5, 55: “exstant hujus fortitudinis impressa vestigia,Cic. Balb. 5, 13: “exstant epistolae Philippi ad Alexandrum,id. Off. 2, 14, 48: “litterae,id. Inv. 1, 39, 70: “leges,id. Rep. 5, 2 fin.: “orationes,Quint. 10, 7, 30: clarorum virorum non minus otii quam negotii rationem exstare oportere, Cato ap. Cic. Planc. 27, 66: “sine oculis non potest exstare officium et munus oculorum,Cic. Div. 1, 32, 71; 2, 52, 107: “video hoc in numero neminem, cujus non exstet in me suum meritum,id. Planc. 1, 2: “studium nostrum,id. Fam. 1, 8, 7.—
(β). Impers., with a subject or rel.-clause (very rare): “quem vero exstet et de quo sit memoriae proditum eloquentem fuisse, etc.,Cic. Brut. 15, 57: “apparet atque exstat, utrum simus earum (artium) rudes an didicerimus,id. de Or. 1, 16, 72—Hence, ex-stans , ntis, P. a., projecting, prominent; comp. partes exstantiores, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 3.
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