consto

See also: constò and constó

Italian

Verb

consto

1. first-person singular present indicative of constare

Anagrams

• sconto, scontò

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Latin

Etymology

From con- (“together”) +‎ stō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.stoː/, [ˈkõː.stoː]

Verb

cōnstō (present infinitive cōnstāre, perfect active cōnstitī, supine cōnstātum); first conjugation

1. to stand together
2. to stand still; to remain the same; stand firm
3. to agree, correspond, fit
4. to be certain, decided, agreed upon, consistent
5. to consist, to be composed of
   • c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris

     carrus plumbi constat ex triginta fotmallis

     The fother of lead is formed from thirty fotmals.

6. to cost

   • Quanti constat?

     How much does it cost?

Inflection

Conjugation of consto (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnstō	cōnstās	cōnstat	cōnstāmus	cōnstātis	cōnstant
	imperfect	cōnstābam	cōnstābās	cōnstābat	cōnstābāmus	cōnstābātis	cōnstābant
	future	cōnstābō	cōnstābis	cōnstābit	cōnstābimus	cōnstābitis	cōnstābunt
	perfect	cōnstitī	cōnstitistī	cōnstitit	cōnstitimus	cōnstitistis	cōnstitērunt, cōnstitēre
	pluperfect	cōnstiteram	cōnstiterās	cōnstiterat	cōnstiterāmus	cōnstiterātis	cōnstiterant
	future perfect	cōnstiterō	cōnstiteris	cōnstiterit	cōnstiterimus	cōnstiteritis	cōnstiterint
passive	present	cōnstor	cōnstāris, cōnstāre	cōnstātur	cōnstāmur	cōnstāminī	cōnstantur
	imperfect	cōnstābar	cōnstābāris, cōnstābāre	cōnstābātur	cōnstābāmur	cōnstābāminī	cōnstābantur
	future	cōnstābor	cōnstāberis, cōnstābere	cōnstābitur	cōnstābimur	cōnstābiminī	cōnstābuntur
	perfect	cōnstātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnstātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnstātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnstem	cōnstēs	cōnstet	cōnstēmus	cōnstētis	cōnstent
	imperfect	cōnstārem	cōnstārēs	cōnstāret	cōnstārēmus	cōnstārētis	cōnstārent
	perfect	cōnstiterim	cōnstiterīs	cōnstiterit	cōnstiterimus	cōnstiteritis	cōnstiterint
	pluperfect	cōnstitissem	cōnstitissēs	cōnstitisset	cōnstitissēmus	cōnstitissētis	cōnstitissent
passive	present	cōnster	cōnstēris, cōnstēre	cōnstētur	cōnstēmur	cōnstēminī	cōnstentur
	imperfect	cōnstārer	cōnstārēris, cōnstārēre	cōnstārētur	cōnstārēmur	cōnstārēminī	cōnstārentur
	perfect	cōnstātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnstātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnstā	—	—	cōnstāte	—
	future	—	cōnstātō	cōnstātō	—	cōnstātōte	cōnstantō
passive	present	—	cōnstāre	—	—	cōnstāminī	—
	future	—	cōnstātor	cōnstātor	—	—	cōnstantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnstāre	cōnstitisse	cōnstātūrus esse	cōnstārī	cōnstātus esse	cōnstātum īrī
participles		cōnstāns	—	cōnstātūrus	—	cōnstātus	cōnstandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		cōnstāre	cōnstandī	cōnstandō	cōnstandum	cōnstātum	cōnstātū

Descendants

• Eastern Romance:
  • Aromanian: custã, custu
  • Romanian: custa
• Istriot: custà
• Italian: costare
  • → Romanian: costa
• Neapolitan: custà
• Old French: coster, couster
  • Middle French: couster
    • French: coûter
  • Norman: couôter, coûtaïr
  • → Dutch: kosten
  • → German: kosten
  • → Middle English: costen
    • English: cost
    • Scots: cost
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: costar
• Old Occitan: costar
  • Catalan: costar
  • Occitan: costar
• Old Portuguese: costar, custar
  • Galician: costar
  • Portuguese: custar
• Old Spanish: costar
  • Spanish: costar
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: costâ
  • Ladin: coster
  • Romansch: custar, custair, cuostair
• Sardinian: costai, costare, costari
• Sicilian: custari
• Venetian: costar, gostar
• → Albanian: kushtoj
• → Catalan: constar
• → French: constat
• → Italian: constare
• → Portuguese: constar
• → Romanian: consta
• → Spanish: constar
• ⇒ Latin: cōnstat (third-person singular present active indicative)
  • → English: constat
  • → French: constat
    • ⇒ French: constater
      • → Catalan: constatar
      • → English: constate
      • → German: konstatieren
      • → Portuguese: constatar
      • → Spanish: constatar

References

• consto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• consto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• consto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I am losing my eyesight and getting deaf: neque auribus neque oculis satis consto
    
  • to be composed of; to consist of: constare ex aliqua re
    
  • it is a recognised fact: inter omnes constat
    
  • I have not made up my mind: mihi non constat (with indirect question)
    
  • to contradict oneself, be inconsistent: a se dissidere or sibi non constare (of persons)
    
  • to compose oneself with difficulty: mente vix constare (Tusc. 4. 17. 39)
    
  • to be consistent: sibi constare, constantem esse
    
  • a thing costs much, little: aliquid magno, parvo stat, constat
    
  • a thing costs nothing: aliquid nihilo or gratis constat
    
  • the accounts balance: ratio alicuius rei constat (convenit, par est)
    

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Spanish

Verb

consto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of constar.