circumsisto

Latin

Etymology

From circum- +‎ sistō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kir.kumˈsis.toː/, [kɪrkũːˈs̠ɪs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈsis.to/, [t͡ʃirkumˈsist̪o]

Verb

circumsistō (present infinitive circumsistere, perfect active circumstetī or circumstitī); third conjugation, no supine stem

1. to stand or gather around
2. to surround or beset

   Synonyms: circumveniō, circumeō, circumdō, claudō, obsideō, circumsaepiō, saepiō

Conjugation

• The alternative perfect circumstitī is rare.

Conjugation of circumsistō (third conjugation, no supine stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumsistō	circumsistis	circumsistit	circumsistimus	circumsistitis	circumsistunt
	imperfect	circumsistēbam	circumsistēbās	circumsistēbat	circumsistēbāmus	circumsistēbātis	circumsistēbant
	future	circumsistam	circumsistēs	circumsistet	circumsistēmus	circumsistētis	circumsistent
	perfect	circumstetī, circumstitī	circumstetistī, circumstitistī	circumstetit, circumstitit	circumstetimus, circumstitimus	circumstetistis, circumstitistis	circumstetērunt, circumstetēre, circumstitērunt, circumstitēre
	pluperfect	circumsteteram, circumstiteram	circumsteterās, circumstiterās	circumsteterat, circumstiterat	circumsteterāmus, circumstiterāmus	circumsteterātis, circumstiterātis	circumsteterant, circumstiterant
	future perfect	circumsteterō, circumstiterō	circumsteteris, circumstiteris	circumsteterit, circumstiterit	circumsteterimus, circumstiterimus	circumsteteritis, circumstiteritis	circumsteterint, circumstiterint
passive	present	circumsistor	circumsisteris, circumsistere	circumsistitur	circumsistimur	circumsistiminī	circumsistuntur
	imperfect	circumsistēbar	circumsistēbāris, circumsistēbāre	circumsistēbātur	circumsistēbāmur	circumsistēbāminī	circumsistēbantur
	future	circumsistar	circumsistēris, circumsistēre	circumsistētur	circumsistēmur	circumsistēminī	circumsistentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumsistam	circumsistās	circumsistat	circumsistāmus	circumsistātis	circumsistant
	imperfect	circumsisterem	circumsisterēs	circumsisteret	circumsisterēmus	circumsisterētis	circumsisterent
	perfect	circumsteterim, circumstiterim	circumsteterīs, circumstiterīs	circumsteterit, circumstiterit	circumsteterīmus, circumstiterīmus	circumsteterītis, circumstiterītis	circumsteterint, circumstiterint
	pluperfect	circumstetissem, circumstitissem	circumstetissēs, circumstitissēs	circumstetisset, circumstitisset	circumstetissēmus, circumstitissēmus	circumstetissētis, circumstitissētis	circumstetissent, circumstitissent
passive	present	circumsistar	circumsistāris, circumsistāre	circumsistātur	circumsistāmur	circumsistāminī	circumsistantur
	imperfect	circumsisterer	circumsisterēris, circumsisterēre	circumsisterētur	circumsisterēmur	circumsisterēminī	circumsisterentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	circumsiste	—	—	circumsistite	—
	future	—	circumsistitō	circumsistitō	—	circumsistitōte	circumsistuntō
passive	present	—	circumsistere	—	—	circumsistiminī	—
	future	—	circumsistitor	circumsistitor	—	—	circumsistuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		circumsistere	circumstetisse, circumstitisse	—	circumsistī	—	—
participles		circumsistēns	—	—	—	—	circumsistendus, circumsistundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		circumsistendī	circumsistendō	circumsistendum	circumsistendō	—	—

References

• “circumsisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circumsisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circumsisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.