insto
See also: instó
Latin
Etymology
From in- (“on, upon”) + stō (“I stand”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.stoː/, [ˈĩːs̠t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.sto/, [ˈinst̪o]
Verb
īnstō (present infinitive īnstāre, perfect active īnstitī, future participle īnstātūrus); first conjugation, no supine stem except in the future active participle, limited passive
- (transitive, intransitive) I stand upon, set foot on.
- (transitive, intransitive, with accusative or dative) I assail, press upon, harass.
- (intransitive, with dative) I urge, pursue, insist.
- (transitive) I urge (forward), ply.
- (intransitive) I am pressing, draw nigh, approach, threaten.
Conjugation
Descendants
- English: instant
References
- “insto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a war is imminent: bellum impendet, imminet, instat
- to press the fugitives: fugientibus instare
- a war is imminent: bellum impendet, imminet, instat
- insto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “instant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Spanish
Verb
insto
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