obstino
See also: obstinó
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obstino (accusative singular obstinon, plural obstinoj, accusative plural obstinojn)
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obstino (plural obstini)
- pertinacity, obduracy, obstinacy, stubbornness
- Synonym: obstinemeso
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Etymology edit
From ob- + *stanō, the latter an unattested verb from Proto-Italic *stanō, from Proto-Indo-European *stnéh₂ti ~ stn̥h₂énti. Related to stō. Compare dēstinō and praestinō from the same stem.
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- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈob.sti.noː/, [ˈɔps̠t̪ɪnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈob.sti.no/, [ˈɔbst̪ino]
Verb edit
obstinō (present infinitive obstināre, perfect active obstināvī, supine obstinātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to resolve, determine, be firmly resolved, persist
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Finite forms are rare; the most common form by far is the perfect passive participle obstinātus.
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- “obstino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obstino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obstino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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obstino
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obstino