Assisto, assistis, ásticum. penult. cor. assistere. Plaut.To assist: to stande by: to be present by: to helpe to defende ones causes.Assistit rectus.Cic.He standeth vpright.Assistere propter aliquem. Ter. To stand hard by.Assistere ad fores.Cic.To stande at the dore.Diuinis assistere. Horat. Assistere in armis. Virg.Assistere precanti.Ouid.Assistere contra aliquem. Cicero. To stande in defence against. Assistere. Plin. To rest or stande still.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
as-sisto (ads-, Fleck., Lachm., B. and K., Rib., Halm; ass-, Merk.), astĭti, no sup., 3, v. n. (cf. absisto), to place one's self somewhere, to stand, post one's self.I. In gen.: Mane tu atque adsiste ilico, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 2: Adsistite omnes contra me, id. Ps. 1, 2, 23: ut adsisterent coram Domino, Vulg. Job, 1, 6; ib. 2 Par. 9, 7: adsiste altrinsecus, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 123: hic propter hunc adsiste, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 15: Qui nunc hic adsistunt, Vulg. Zach. 3, 7: Accede, nate, adsiste, Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: ut ipsi ad fores adsisterent, imperat, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26: ut contra omnes hostium copias in ponte unus (Cocles) adsisteret, id. Leg. 2, 4, 10: Quem Turnus super adsistens, Verg. A. 10, 490: Donec Laërtius heros Astitit, Ov. M. 13, 125. —II. Esp. A. As indicating a completed action, to stand somewhere, to stand at or by: ita jacere talum, ut rectus adsistat,
may stand erect
, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 54: Nec refert quibus adsistas regionibus ejus, Lucr. 1, 964: lecto assistere, Ov. F. 5, 457: precanti, id. ib. 1, 631: adsisto divinis, Hor. S. 1, 6, 114: neque enim scribenti, ediscenti et cogitanti praeceptor adsistit, Quint. 1, 2, 12.—With acc.: equos, Stat. Th. 3, 299.— Trop.: consulum tribunalibus Italia et publicae provinciae adsisterent, i. e. comparerent jura accepturi, Tac. A. 13, 4.—B. Alicui. a.To stand by one (as counsel) before a tribunal, to defend, assist, aid (post-Aug. for the class. adesse, q. v.): adsistebam Vareno, Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 3; 7, 10, 85; Dig. 6, 1, 54; App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 3.—b.To stand before one on trial, in judgment (eccl. Lat.): Caesari oportet te adsistere, Vulg. Act. 27, 23.