absisto
Latin
Etymology
From ab- (“from, away from”) + sistō (“stand, set, place”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈpsis.toː/, [aˈpsɪs.toː]
Verb
absistō (present infinitive absistere, perfect active abstitī); third conjugation, no passive
- (intransitive) I withdraw, depart, go away from.
- (intransitive) I desist, stop or cease from.
Usage notes
- Only used in contexts of neutral significance.
Inflection
| Conjugation of absisto (third conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | absistō | absistis | absistit | absistimus | absistitis | absistunt |
| imperfect | absistēbam | absistēbās | absistēbat | absistēbāmus | absistēbātis | absistēbant | |
| future | absistam | absistēs | absistet | absistēmus | absistētis | absistent | |
| perfect | abstitī | abstitistī | abstitit | abstitimus | abstitistis | abstitērunt, abstitēre | |
| pluperfect | abstiteram | abstiterās | abstiterat | abstiterāmus | abstiterātis | abstiterant | |
| future perfect | abstiterō | abstiteris | abstiterit | abstiterimus | abstiteritis | abstiterint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | absistam | absistās | absistat | absistāmus | absistātis | absistant |
| imperfect | absisterem | absisterēs | absisteret | absisterēmus | absisterētis | absisterent | |
| perfect | abstiterim | abstiterīs | abstiterit | abstiterimus | abstiteritis | abstiterint | |
| pluperfect | abstitissem | abstitissēs | abstitisset | abstitissēmus | abstitissētis | abstitissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | absiste | — | — | absistite | — |
| future | — | absistitō | absistitō | — | absistitōte | absistuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | absistere | abstitisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | absistēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| absistere | absistendī | absistendō | absistendum | — | — | ||
Related terms
- assistō
- circumsistō
- cōnsistō
- dēsistō
- exsistō
- īnsistō
- obsistō
- persistō
- resistō
- sistō
- subsistō
Descendants
- English: absist
References
- absisto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- absisto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- absisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette