exsisto
Latin
Alternative forms
- existō
Etymology
From ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”), caus. of stare (“to stand”); see stand.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈsis.toː/, [ɛkˈs̠ɪs̠t̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈsis.to/, [eɡˈzist̪o]
Verb
exsistō (present infinitive exsistere, perfect active exstitī, supine exstitum); third conjugation, no passive
- I am, exist.
- I appear, arise, emerge.
- Synonym: appāreō
- I become.
- Synonym: fīō
- (third-person) there is, there are
- I stand out (as), I stand out in regard to (+ dative)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of exsistō (third conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | exsistō | exsistis | exsistit | exsistimus | exsistitis | exsistunt |
| imperfect | exsistēbam | exsistēbās | exsistēbat | exsistēbāmus | exsistēbātis | exsistēbant | |
| future | exsistam | exsistēs | exsistet | exsistēmus | exsistētis | exsistent | |
| perfect | exstitī | exstitistī | exstitit | exstitimus | exstitistis | exstitērunt, exstitēre | |
| pluperfect | exstiteram | exstiterās | exstiterat | exstiterāmus | exstiterātis | exstiterant | |
| future perfect | exstiterō | exstiteris | exstiterit | exstiterimus | exstiteritis | exstiterint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | exsistam | exsistās | exsistat | exsistāmus | exsistātis | exsistant |
| imperfect | exsisterem | exsisterēs | exsisteret | exsisterēmus | exsisterētis | exsisterent | |
| perfect | exstiterim | exstiterīs | exstiterit | exstiterīmus | exstiterītis | exstiterint | |
| pluperfect | exstitissem | exstitissēs | exstitisset | exstitissēmus | exstitissētis | exstitissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | exsiste | — | — | exsistite | — |
| future | — | exsistitō | exsistitō | — | exsistitōte | exsistuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | exsistere | exstitisse | exstitūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | exsistēns | — | exstitūrus | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| exsistendī | exsistendō | exsistendum | exsistendō | exstitum | exstitū | ||
Descendants
- French: exister
- Friulian: esisti
- Italian: esistere
- Ligurian: exìste
- Piedmontese: esiste
- Spanish: existir
References
- “exsisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exsisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exsisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- at this point the question arises: hoc loco exsistit quaestio, quaeritur
- to summon some one from the dead: aliquem ab inferis or a mortuis evocare, excitare (passive ab inferis exsistere)
- at this point the question arises: hoc loco exsistit quaestio, quaeritur
- exsisto in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016