ostante
ostante is a term found in Italian that is primarily attested in historical, legal, or literary contexts. In contemporary standard Italian, its use is rare, and the form most commonly encountered in everyday language is stante, which serves a similar grammatical function. When ostante or altre varianti appear in older texts or regional writings, they are generally understood as archaic or dialectal counterparts to stante.
Typically, insieme to stante, an instance of ostante would function as a prepositional or adverbial marker
The word is related to the standard form stante, which derives from the Latin root associated with
Because ostante is rarely used today, it is most often encountered in philological work, archival documents,