sisto

See also Sisto

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂-, reduplicated present of *steh₂-. Compare stō.

Verb

present active sistō, present infinitive sistere, perfect active stitī/stetī, supine statum.

1. (transitive) I cause to stand; I set; I place.
2. (intransitive) I place myself; I stand.
3. (transitive, law) I cause to appear in court.
4. (intransitive, law) I appear in court.
5. (intransitive) I stand still; I halt; I stand firm.

Inflection

• The third principal part may be either stetī or stitī.

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sistō	sistis	sistit	sistimus	sistitis	sistunt
	future	sistam	sistēs	sistet	sistēmus	sistētis	sistent
	imperfect	sistēbam	sistēbās	sistēbat	sistēbāmus	sistēbātis	sistēbant
	perfect	stetī	stetistī	stetit	stetimus	stetistis	stetērunt
	future perfect	steterō	steteris	steterit	steterimus	steteritis	steterint
	pluperfect	steteram	steterās	steterat	steterāmus	steterātis	steterant
passive	present	sistor	sisteris	sistitur	sistimur	sistiminī	sistuntur
	future	sistar	sistēris	sistētur	sistēmur	sistēminī	sistentur
	imperfect	sistēbar	sistēbāris	sistēbātur	sistēbāmur	sistēbāminī	sistēbantur
	perfect	Use status m, stata f, statum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use status m, stata f, statum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use status m, stata f, statum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sistam	sistās	sistat	sistāmus	sistātis	sistant
	imperfect	sisterem	sisterēs	sisteret	sisterēmus	sisterētis	sisterent
	perfect	steterim	steterīs	steterit	steterīmus	steterītis	steterint
	pluperfect	stetissem	stetissēs	stetisset	stetissēmus	stetissētis	stetissent
passive	present	sistar	sistāris	sistātur	sistāmur	sistāminī	sistantur
	imperfect	sisterer	sisterēris	sisterētur	sisterēmur	sisterēminī	sisterentur
	perfect	Use status m, stata f, statum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use status m, stata f, statum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	siste	sistitō	sistitō	sistere	sistitor	sistitor
	plural	sistite	sistitōte	sistuntō	sistiminī	—	sistuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sistere	stetisse	statūrus esse	sistī	status esse	statum īrī
participles		sistēns (sistentis)	—	statūrus-ra, -rum	—	status-a, -um	sistendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• absistō
• assistō
• circumsistō
• cōnsistō
• dēsistō
• existō / exsistō

• īnsistō
• obsistō
• persistō
• resistō
• subsistō

Descendants

• English: interstitial, resist (via restitō)
• Romanian: sista