antesto

Latin

Alternative forms

• antistō

Etymology

From ante- +‎ stō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈtes.toː/, [än̪ˈt̪ɛs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈtes.to/, [än̪ˈt̪ɛst̪o]

Verb

antestō (present infinitive antestāre, perfect active antestitī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to stand before
2. (figuratively) to be superior to, excel, surpass

Usage notes

Not to be confused with antestor.

Conjugation

Conjugation of antestō (first conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	antestō	antestās	antestat	antestāmus	antestātis	antestant
	imperfect	antestābam	antestābās	antestābat	antestābāmus	antestābātis	antestābant
	future	antestābō	antestābis	antestābit	antestābimus	antestābitis	antestābunt
	perfect	antestitī	antestitistī	antestitit	antestitimus	antestitistis	antestitērunt, antestitēre
	pluperfect	antestiteram	antestiterās	antestiterat	antestiterāmus	antestiterātis	antestiterant
	future perfect	antestiterō	antestiteris	antestiterit	antestiterimus	antestiteritis	antestiterint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	antestem	antestēs	antestet	antestēmus	antestētis	antestent
	imperfect	antestārem	antestārēs	antestāret	antestārēmus	antestārētis	antestārent
	perfect	antestiterim	antestiterīs	antestiterit	antestiterīmus	antestiterītis	antestiterint
	pluperfect	antestitissem	antestitissēs	antestitisset	antestitissēmus	antestitissētis	antestitissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	antestā	—	—	antestāte	—
	future	—	antestātō	antestātō	—	antestātōte	antestantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		antestāre	antestitisse	—	—	—	—
participles		antestāns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		antestandī	antestandō	antestandum	antestandō	—	—

Derived terms

• antistes

Related terms

• abstō
• circumstō
• cōnstō
• exstō
• īnstō
• interstō
• obstō
• perstō
• praestō
• restō
• stō
• superstō

References

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