absisto

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈsis.toː/, [äpˈs̠ɪs̠t̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈsis.to/, [äbˈsist̪o]

Verb

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

(intransitive) to withdraw, depart, go away from
(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 the passive)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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	—	—		—
passive	imperfect	—	—		absisterētur	—	—		—
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	absiste		—	—	absistite		—
active	future	—	absistitō		absistitō	—	absistitōte		absistuntō
passive	future	—	—		absistitor	—	—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		absistere		absistī		absistēns		—
future		—		—		—		absistendum, absistundum
perfect		abstitisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		absistendī	absistendō		absistendum	absistendō	—		—

Related terms

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.