absisto

Latin

Etymology

From ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ sistō (“stand, set, place”).

Pronunciation

Verb

absistō (present infinitive absistere, perfect active abstitī); third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

  1. (intransitive) to withdraw, depart, go away from
  2. (intransitive) to desist, stop or cease from

Usage notes
  • Only used in contexts of neutral significance.

Conjugation
   Conjugation of absistō (third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present absistō absistis absistit absistimus absistitis absistunt
imperfect absistēbam absistēbās absistēbat absistēbāmus absistēbātis absistēbant
future absistam absistēs absistet absistēmus absistētis absistent
perfect abstitī abstitistī abstitit abstitimus abstitistis abstitērunt,
abstitēre
pluperfect abstiteram abstiterās abstiterat abstiterāmus abstiterātis abstiterant
future perfect abstiterō abstiteris abstiterit abstiterimus abstiteritis abstiterint
passive present — — absistitur — — —
imperfect — — absistēbātur — — —
future — — absistētur — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present absistam absistās absistat absistāmus absistātis absistant
imperfect absisterem absisterēs absisteret absisterēmus absisterētis absisterent
perfect abstiterim abstiterīs abstiterit abstiterīmus abstiterītis abstiterint
pluperfect abstitissem abstitissēs abstitisset abstitissēmus abstitissētis abstitissent
passive present — — absistātur — — —
imperfect — — absisterētur — — —
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — absiste — — absistite —
future — absistitō absistitō — absistitōte absistuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives absistere abstitisse — absistī — —
participles absistēns — — — — absistendum,
absistundum
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
absistendī absistendō absistendum absistendō — —

Descendants
  • English: absist

References
  • “absisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “absisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • absisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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