asto

See also: as to

Basque

Alternative forms

• arsto (Roncalese)

Etymology

Uncertain. At least two proposals exist:

1. Borrowed from Spanish asno or Latin asinus, phonetically improbable.
2. From hartz (“bear”) +‎ -to (diminutive suffix), phonetically impeccable, but semantically strange.

If the second theory is correct, then it may be related to the element Asto, which appears in an Aquitanian theonym found in Latin texts, Asto Ilunno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as̺to/ [as̺.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -as̺to, -o
• Hyphenation: as‧to

Noun

asto anim

1. donkey
2. (art) easel

   Synonym: xibalet (Northern)

3. (craft) a structure used to keep whatever is being worked on at a certain height; a bench or table

   Synonym: xibalet (Northern)

Declension

Declension of asto (anim V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	asto	astoa	astoak	astook
ergative	astok	astoak	astoek	astook
dative	astori	astoari	astoei	astooi
genitive	astoren	astoaren	astoen	astoon
comitative	astorekin	astoarekin	astoekin	astookin
causative	astorengatik	astoarengatik	astoengatik	astoongatik
benefactive	astorentzat	astoarentzat	astoentzat	astoontzat
instrumental	astoz	astoaz	astoez	astootaz
inessive	astorengan	astoarengan	astoengan	astoongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	astorengana	astoarengana	astoengana	astoongana
terminative	astorenganaino	astoarenganaino	astoenganaino	astoonganaino
directive	astorenganantz	astoarenganantz	astoenganantz	astoonganantz
destinative	astorenganako	astoarenganako	astoenganako	astoonganako
ablative	astorengandik	astoarengandik	astoengandik	astoongandik
partitive	astorik	—	—	—
prolative	astotzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “asto”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Franco-Provençal

Verb

asto (Beaujolais, Graphie de Conflans)

1. Alternative form of achetar (“to buy”) documented in the following location(s): Belleroche

Javanese

Romanization

asto

1. nonstandard spelling of asta, romanization of ꦲꦱ꧀ꦠ

Latin

Alternative forms

• adsto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *staēōder.

Latin stō

Latin astō

From ad- + stō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈas.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈas.to]

Verb

astō (present infinitive astāre, perfect active astitī); first conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

1. to stand at, on, by

   Synonym: stō

2. to be present

   Synonyms: subsum, adsum, stō, exstō

   Antonym: desum

3. to stand near, stand close to

   Synonyms: immineō, contingō, īnstō

   Antonyms: dissideō, distō

4. to be standing, upright
5. to assist

Conjugation

   Conjugation of astō (first conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	astō		astās		astat		astāmus		astātis		astant
	imperfect	astābam		astābās		astābat		astābāmus		astābātis		astābant
	future	astābō		astābis		astābit		astābimus		astābitis		astābunt
	perfect	astitī		astitistī		astitit		astitimus		astitistis		astitērunt, astitēre
	pluperfect	astiteram		astiterās		astiterat		astiterāmus		astiterātis		astiterant
	future perfect	astiterō		astiteris		astiterit		astiterimus		astiteritis		astiterint
passive	present	—		—		astātur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		astābātur		—		—		—
	future	—		—		astābitur		—		—		—
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	astem		astēs		astet		astēmus		astētis		astent
	imperfect	astārem		astārēs		astāret		astārēmus		astārētis		astārent
	perfect	astiterim		astiterīs		astiterit		astiterīmus		astiterītis		astiterint
	pluperfect	astitissem		astitissēs		astitisset		astitissēmus		astitissētis		astitissent
passive	present	—		—		astētur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		astārētur		—		—		—
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		astā		—		—		astāte		—
	future	—		astātō		astātō		—		astātōte		astantō
passive	future	—		—		astātor		—		—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		astāre			astārī			astāns			—
future		—			—			—			astandum
perfect		astitisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		astandī		astandō		astandum		astandō		—		—

Derived terms

• astator
• astatus

Descendants

• Via the Vulgar derivate *adastāre:
  • Balkano-Romance:
    • Aromanian: adastu, adãstari
    • Romanian: adăsta, adăstare
• Borrowings:
  • → Italian: astare

References

• asto in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
• “asto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “asto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "asto", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “asto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.