(verb) : sub-sisto, stĭti, 3, and
* A.
* Neutr., to take a stand or position, to stand still, remain standing; to stop, halt.
* Lit.
* Act. (acc. to I. A. 2. c.), to make a stand against, withstand, encounter any one (very rare): praepotentem armis Romanum subsistere,Liv. 9, 31: feras,id. 1, 4.
* Trop.
* In partic.
* To stay, tarry, abide, remain in a place: locus ubi nationum subsisterent legati,Varr. L. L. 5, § 155 Müll.: erimus ibi die dedicationis: subsistemus fortasse et sequenti,Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6: intra tecta (opp. in aperto vagari),id. ib. 6, 16, 15: ut eā die domi subsisteret, orabat,Vell. 2, 57, 2.
* Esp. (late Lat.), to remain alive, Dig. 34, 4, 30, § 3; Vulg. Job, 32, 22.
* To make a stand, i. e. to stand firm, hold out; to withstand, oppose, resist: nisi suffulcis firmiter, Non potes subsistere,Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 78: Hannibali atque ejus armis, Liv. 27, 7: clipeo juvenis,Verg. A. 9, 806.
* Of things: quod neque ancorae funesque subsisterent, neque, etc.,stood, held out,Caes. B. G. 5, 10.
* In gen., to stop, halt, pause; to stay, continue, remain, subsist: subsistere (in dicendo),Quint. 4, 5, 20; Ov. M. 12, 147: subsistit omnis sententia,Quint. 8, 5, 27: altius ibunt qui ad summa nitentur, quam qui circa ima substiterint,id. 1, prooem. 20: intra priorem paupertatem subsistere,Tac. A. 12, 53: equitum nomen subsistebat in turmis equorum publicorum, still remains or subsists only in, etc., Plin. 33, 1, 7, § 30: servum quoque et filium familias procuratorem posse habere aiunt: et quantum ad filium familias, verum est: in servo subsistimus,we pause, hesitate, are in doubt,Dig. 3, 3, 33; 12, 1, 32.
* In partic.
* To stand still permanently, i. e. to come to a stop, to cease: substitit ut clamor pressus gravitate regentis,Ov. M. 1, 207: ingeniumque meis substitit omne malis,id. H. 15, 196: si nihil refert, brevis an longa sit ultima, idem pes erit; verum nescio quo modo sedebit hoc, illud subsistet,Quint. 9, 4, 94.
* (Acc. to A. 2. c.) To stand, withstand, be adequate to, sustain, support a thing: non si Varronis thesauros haberem, subsistere sumptui possem, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 5: tantis periclis, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 368: liti,Dig. 21, 2, 62, § 1.
* To stand by, support any one (Appuleian): meis extremis aerumnis subsiste,App. M. 11, p. 257, 39; so id. ib. 2, p. 126, 23; 3, p. 139, 28; 5, p. 167, 9; 6, p. 174, 14.
* To stand or hold good, to subsist (late Lat.): non eo minus sententia adversus te latā juris ratione subsistit,Cod. Just. 2, 13, 14; 7, 2, 11.
* To withstand, make resistance: aut hanc esse veram religionem, cui ad vincendum tanta vis inest, aut illam falsam, quae subsistere non potest,Lact. 4, 27, 6.