obstans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of obstō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔp.stãːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔb.st̪ans]

Participle

obstāns (genitive obstantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. thwarting, hindering, obstructing, blocking

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	obstāns			obstantēs	obstantia
genitive	obstantis			obstantium
dative	obstantī			obstantibus
accusative	obstantem	obstāns		obstantēs obstantīs	obstantia
ablative	obstante obstantī1			obstantibus
vocative	obstāns			obstantēs	obstantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “obstans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obstans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “obstans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.