absisto

Latin

Etymology

From ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ sistō (“stand, set, place”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /abˈsis.toː/, [äpˈs̠ɪs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈsis.to/, [äbˈsist̪o]

Verb

absistō (present infinitive absistere, perfect active abstitī); third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

1. (intransitive) to withdraw, depart, go away from
2. (intransitive) to desist, stop or cease from

Usage notes

• Only used in contexts of neutral significance.

Conjugation

Conjugation of absistō (third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in passive)
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
passive	present	—	—	absistitur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	absistēbātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	absistētur	—	—	—
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	abstiterīmus	abstiterītis	abstiterint
	pluperfect	abstitissem	abstitissēs	abstitisset	abstitissēmus	abstitissētis	abstitissent
passive	present	—	—	absistātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	absisterētur	—	—	—
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	—	absistī	—	—
participles		absistēns	—	—	—	—	absistendum, absistundum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		absistendī	absistendō	absistendum	absistendō	—	—

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.