disto

See also: distó, distò, and d'isto

Italian

Verb

disto

1. first-person singular present indicative of distare

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ stō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

distō (present infinitive distāre, perfect active distitī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (intransitive) to stand apart; to be distant

   Synonym: dissideō

   Antonyms: īnstō, contingō, astō, immineō

2. to differ

   Synonyms: dissideō, abhorreō, differō

Conjugation

• The perfect forms like distitī are rare, occurring only post-Classically and only in Ennodius and Boethius.

   Conjugation of distō (first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	distō		distās		distat		distāmus		distātis		distant
	imperfect	distābam		distābās		distābat		distābāmus		distābātis		distābant
	future	distābō		distābis		distābit		distābimus		distābitis		distābunt
	perfect	distitī		distitistī		distitit		distitimus		distitistis		distitērunt, distitēre
	pluperfect	distiteram		distiterās		distiterat		distiterāmus		distiterātis		distiterant
	future perfect	distiterō		distiteris		distiterit		distiterimus		distiteritis		distiterint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	distem		distēs		distet		distēmus		distētis		distent
	imperfect	distārem		distārēs		distāret		distārēmus		distārētis		distārent
	perfect	distiterim		distiterīs		distiterit		distiterīmus		distiterītis		distiterint
	pluperfect	distitissem		distitissēs		distitisset		distitissēmus		distitissētis		distitissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		distā		—		—		distāte		—
	future	—		distātō		distātō		—		distātōte		distantō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		distāre			—			distāns			—
perfect		distitisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		distandī		distandō		distandum		distandō		—		—

Descendants

• Catalan: distar
• Galician: distar
• Italian: distare
• Portuguese: distar
• Spanish: distar
• → Old Irish: di·tá (calque)

References

• “disto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “disto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “disto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be equidistant: paribus intervallis distare
    
• Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒis.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒis.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒis.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdiʃ.tu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -istu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtu
• Hyphenation: dis‧to

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• d'isto (pre-standardization spelling)

Contraction

disto n

1. contraction of de +‎ isto, literally “of/from this thing”: neuter of deste

See also

Portuguese demonstratives

		pronouns					adverbs
		singular		plural		neuter
		masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
proximal	X	este	esta	estes	estas	isto	aqui, cá
	de + X	deste	desta	destes	destas	disto	daqui
	em + X	neste	nesta	nestes	nestas	nisto	—
medial	X	esse	essa	esses	essas	isso	aí
	de + X	desse	dessa	desses	dessas	disso	daí
	em + X	nesse	nessa	nesses	nessas	nisso	—
distal	X	aquele	aquela	aqueles	aquelas	aquilo	ali, lá, acolá
	de + X	daquele	daquela	daqueles	daquelas	daquilo	dali, dacolá
	em + X	naquele	naquela	naqueles	naquelas	naquilo	—
	a + X	àquele	àquela	àqueles	àquelas	àquilo
anaphoric	X	o	a	os	as	—	—
	de + X	do	da	dos	das
	em + X	no	na	nos	nas
	a + X	ao	à	aos	às

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

disto

1. first-person singular present indicative of distar

Spanish

Verb

disto

1. first-person singular present indicative of distar