consto

See also: constò and constó

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɔns.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔns.to]

Verb

consto

1. first-person singular present indicative of constar

Italian

Verb

consto

1. first-person singular present indicative of constare

Anagrams

• sconto, scontò

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *komstaēō. Equivalent to con- (“together”) +‎ stō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.stoː/, [ˈkõːs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.sto/, [ˈkɔnst̪o]

Verb

cōnstō (present infinitive cōnstāre, perfect active cōnstitī, supine cōnstātum); first conjugation, no passive

1. to stand together
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.28:

     In foro ac locis patentioribus [...] constiterunt

     They stood together in the marketplace and the more open places

2. to stand still; to remain the same; stand firm

   Synonyms: sistō, persistō, remaneō, maneō, stō, haereō

3. to agree, correspond, fit

   Synonyms: concordō, condīcō, conveniō, cōnsentiō, assentiō, concurrō, congruō, pangō

   Antonyms: dissentiō, dissideō, discordō, variō, abhorreō

   • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.1.4:

     Fatēbor ingenuē: quod apud luxuriōsum sed dīligentem ēvenit, ratiō mihi cōnstat impēnsae.

     I will admit candidly: just as it happens with [anyone who is] self-indulgent but careful, the reckoning for me corresponds [with my] expenses.
     (Seneca writes with playful irony that his own use of time is a big expense tallied against the finite account that is his life.)

4. to be certain, decided, consistent

   Antonyms: errō, pendeō, dubitō, fluitō, vagor

5. (used impersonally) to be well known

   cōnstat

6. 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.

7. to cost (with ablative)

   Multō sanguine victōria nōbīs cōnstitit.

   The victory cost us much blood.

   Quantī cōnstat?

   How much does it cost?

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnstō (first conjugation, no passive)

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
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		cōnstiterīmus		cōnstiterītis		cōnstiterint
	pluperfect	cōnstitissem		cōnstitissēs		cōnstitisset		cōnstitissēmus		cōnstitissētis		cōnstitissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnstā		—		—		cōnstāte		—
	future	—		cōnstātō		cōnstātō		—		cōnstātōte		cōnstantō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnstāre			—			cōnstāns			—
future		cōnstātūrum esse			—			cōnstātūrus			—
perfect		cōnstitisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		cōnstātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnstandī		cōnstandō		cōnstandum		cōnstandō		cōnstātum		cōnstātū

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: custã
  • Romanian: custa
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: costare
    • → Romanian: costa
  • Neapolitan: costare
  • Sicilian: custari
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: costâ
  • Istriot: custà
  • Ladin: coster
  • Romansch: custar, custair, cuostair
  • Venetan: costar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: costar
  • Franco-Provençal: côtar
  • Old French: coster (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: costar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: costar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: costar, custar
    • Galician: costar
    • Portuguese: custar
  • Old Spanish: costar
    • Spanish: costar
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: costai, costare, costari
• Borrowings:
  • → Albanian: kushtoj
  • → Catalan: constar
  • → French: constat
  • → Italian: constare
  • → Portuguese: constar
  • → Romanian: consta
  • → Spanish: constar

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)
    

Portuguese

Verb

consto

1. first-person singular present indicative of constar

Spanish

Verb

consto

1. first-person singular present indicative of constar