rē-sto, stĭti, 1 (perf. subj. restaverit, Prop. 2, 34, 53), v. n.
I To stop behind , keep back , stand still (very rare and only poet., whereas resisto is class.).
A Lit.: si resto, pergit, ut eam: si ire conor, prohibet betere, Pac. ap. Non. 77, 25. —
B Trop.: impetus haut longe mediis regionibus restat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 285 Müll. (Ann. v. 475 Vahl.): nullo dominae teritur molimine amator Restat et immerita sustinet aure minas, stands firm , holds out , Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 18. —
II To withstand , resist , oppose (so less freq. than resisto, and not in Cic. or Caes.).
A Of military resistance, to stand firm , hold out , not yield; constr. usually absol.; rarely with dat. or adversum : Illyrii restant sicis sibinisque fodantes, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 336 Müll. (Ann. v. 496 Vahl.): validam urbem multos dies restantem pugnando vicit, Sall. ap. Non. 526, 12 ( id. H. 1, 75 Dietsch): quia summā vi restare (milites) nunciabantur, Liv. 4, 58 Drak.: solā virtute militum restantes caeduntur caeduntque, id. 6, 30; 32; 8, 39; 23, 45; 26, 3; 29, 2; 34, 14: dum restat Hector, Prop. 3, 8, 31: nunc in restantes mucronem comminus urget, Sil. 10, 25.— Impers. pass. : ut quā minimā vi restatur, eā parte irrumpat, Liv. 34, 15. — With dat.: paucis plures vix restatis, Liv. 23, 45 fin. : restando adversis, Sil. 10, 125.—With adversum : paulum morae attulere ferrati restantibus laminis adversum pila et gladios, Tac. A. 3, 46.—
B Apart from milit. lang., in gen.: nunc ratio nulla est restandi, nulla facultas, etc., Lucr. 1, 110: is mihi, dum resto, juvenili guttura pugno Rupit, Ov. M. 3, 626; 7, 411: in quā re nunc tam confidenter restas, stulta? oppose me , Ter. Heaut. 1009; cf. Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 50. —Of things: aera claustris restantia vociferantur, Lucr. 2, 450: restantia claustra, Sil. 7, 130.—
III To be left , remain (syn. remaneo; the predominant signif. of the word; most freq. in the third person): hujus generis reliquias Restare video, Ter. Ad. 445: ego conviviis delector nec cum aequalibus solum qui pauci jam admodum restant, sed cum vestrā etiam aetate, Cic. Sen. 14, 46: ego vivendo vici mea fata, superstes Restarem ut genitor, Verg. A. 11, 161: de bonis quod restat reliquiarum, Plaut. Rud. 5, 1, 7; cf. id. Cist. 1, 3, 40: unam sibi spem reliquam in Etruscis restare, Liv. 10, 16; Cic. Scaur. Fragm. 45, p. 268 Orell.: quae (studia) sola ei in malis restiterunt, id. Sull. 26, 74: omnes composui. Felices! Nunc ego resto, Hor. S. 1, 9, 28; Pers. 3, 97: de viginti Restabam solus, Ov. M. 3, 687: jam labor exiguus Phoebo restabat, id. ib. 6, 486: duae restant noctes de mense secundo, id. F. 2, 857: si e nobis aliquid nisi umbra restat, id. Am. 3, 9, 60: jam duo restabant fata tum, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 35: qui e divisione tripartitā duas partes absolverit, huic necesse est restare tertiam, Cic. Off. 3, 2, 9: infinitae caedi, id. Cat. 3, 10: dona ferens pelago et flammis restantia Trojae, left , remaining from the sea , etc., Verg. A. 1, 679: unum etiam restat amico nostro ad omne dedecus, ut, etc., Cic. Att. 8, 7: hoc unum restabat, ut, Ov. M. 2, 471; cf.: illud etiam restiterat, ut, etc., Cic. Quint. 9, 33.— Impers. : restat, ut aut summa neglegentia tibi obstiterit, aut, etc., Cic. Quint. 12, 41; so, restat, ut, id. N. D. 2, 16, 44; 17 init. ; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 27 al.—With inf. (mostly poet.): nec aliud restabat quam corrigere, etc., Liv. 44, 4, 8: restabat aliud nihil, nisi oculos pascere, Ter. Phorm. 85; Ov. M. 1, 700; Stat. S. 4, 1, 40.—
2 In partic., with reference to the future, to remain for , await one (rare and mostly poet.): quid restat, nisi porro ut fiam miser, Ter. Hec. 300: placet (vobis) socios sic tractari, quod restat, ut per haec tempora tractatos videtis? i. e. hereafter , for the future , Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 208: nudus humi jacet infans ... ut aequom est, cui tantum in vitā restet transire malorum, Lucr. 5, 227; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 27: hoc Latio restare canunt, Verg. A. 7, 270; Ov. F. 2, 749.