absto

See also: abstõ

Latin

Alternative forms

• apstō

Etymology

From ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ stō (“stand; remain”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈab.stoː/, [ˈäps̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈab.sto/, [ˈäbst̪o]

Verb

abstō (present infinitive abstāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. (intransitive, usually used with longe) I stand off or at a distance from, stand aloof.

Conjugation

Conjugation of abstō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abstō	abstās	abstat	abstāmus	abstātis	abstant
	imperfect	abstābam	abstābās	abstābat	abstābāmus	abstābātis	abstābant
	future	abstābō	abstābis	abstābit	abstābimus	abstābitis	abstābunt
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abstem	abstēs	abstet	abstēmus	abstētis	abstent
	imperfect	abstārem	abstārēs	abstāret	abstārēmus	abstārētis	abstārent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abstā	—	—	abstāte	—
	future	—	abstātō	abstātō	—	abstātōte	abstantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abstāre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		abstāns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		abstandī	abstandō	abstandum	abstandō	—	—

Derived terms

• abstantia

Related terms

Related terms

• antestō
• circumstō
• cōnstō
• exstō

• īnstō
• interstō
• obstō
• perstō

• praestō
• restō
• stō
• superstō

References

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