obstans

== Latin == === Etymology === Present participle of obstō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔp.stãːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔb.stans] === Participle === obstāns (genitive obstantis); third-declension one-termination participle thwarting, hindering, obstructing, blocking ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 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.