absto

See also: abstõ

Latin

Alternative forms

• apstō

Etymology

From ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ stō (“stand; remain”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈab.stoː/, [ˈäps̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈab.sto/, [ˈäbst̪o]

Verb

abstō (present infinitive abstāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems, impersonal in the passive

1. (intransitive, usually used with longe) to stand off or at a distance from, stand aloof

   Synonym: dissideō

   Antonym: īnstō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of abstō (first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems, impersonal in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abstō		abstās		abstat		abstāmus		abstātis		abstant
	imperfect	abstābam		abstābās		abstābat		abstābāmus		abstābātis		abstābant
	future	abstābō		abstābis		abstābit		abstābimus		abstābitis		abstābunt
passive	present	—		—		abstātur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		abstābātur		—		—		—
	future	—		—		abstābitur		—		—		—
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abstem		abstēs		abstet		abstēmus		abstētis		abstent
	imperfect	abstārem		abstārēs		abstāret		abstārēmus		abstārētis		abstārent
passive	present	—		—		abstētur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		abstārētur		—		—		—
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		abstā		—		—		abstāte		—
	future	—		abstātō		abstātō		—		abstātōte		abstantō
passive	future	—		—		abstātor		—		—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		abstāre			abstārī			abstāns			—
future		—			—			—			abstandum
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		abstandī		abstandō		abstandum		abstandō		—		—

Derived terms

• abstantia

Related terms

• antestō
• circumstō
• cōnstō
• exstō
• īnstō
• interstō
• obstō
• perstō
• praestō
• restō
• stō
• superstō

References

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