persto
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈper.stoː/, [ˈpɛrs̠t̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈper.sto/, [ˈpɛrst̪o]
Verb
perstō (present infinitive perstāre, perfect active perstitī, future participle perstātūrus); first conjugation, no supine stem except in the future active participle, impersonal in the passive
- I continue standing
- I remain steadfast
- I continue, persevere or persist
Conjugation
| Conjugation of perstō (first conjugation, no supine stem except in the future active participle, impersonal in passive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | perstō | perstās | perstat | perstāmus | perstātis | perstant |
| imperfect | perstābam | perstābās | perstābat | perstābāmus | perstābātis | perstābant | |
| future | perstābō | perstābis | perstābit | perstābimus | perstābitis | perstābunt | |
| perfect | perstitī | perstitistī | perstitit | perstitimus | perstitistis | perstitērunt, perstitēre | |
| pluperfect | perstiteram | perstiterās | perstiterat | perstiterāmus | perstiterātis | perstiterant | |
| future perfect | perstiterō | perstiteris | perstiterit | perstiterimus | perstiteritis | perstiterint | |
| passive | present | — | — | perstātur | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | perstābātur | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | perstābitur | — | — | — | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | perstem | perstēs | perstet | perstēmus | perstētis | perstent |
| imperfect | perstārem | perstārēs | perstāret | perstārēmus | perstārētis | perstārent | |
| perfect | perstiterim | perstiterīs | perstiterit | perstiterīmus | perstiterītis | perstiterint | |
| pluperfect | perstitissem | perstitissēs | perstitisset | perstitissēmus | perstitissētis | perstitissent | |
| passive | present | — | — | perstētur | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | perstārētur | — | — | — | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | perstā | — | — | perstāte | — |
| future | — | perstātō | perstātō | — | perstātōte | perstantō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | perstāre | perstitisse | perstātūrum esse | perstārī | — | — | |
| participles | perstāns | — | perstātūrus | — | — | perstandum | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| perstandī | perstandō | perstandum | perstandō | — | — | ||
References
- “persto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “persto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- persto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to abide by, persist in one's opinion: in sententia manere, permanere, perseverare, perstare
- to persevere in one's resolve: in incepto or conatu perstare
- to abide by, persist in one's opinion: in sententia manere, permanere, perseverare, perstare