circumsisto

Latin

Etymology

From circum- +‎ sistō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kumˈsis.toː/, [kɪrkũːˈs̠ɪs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈsis.to/, [t͡ʃirkumˈsist̪o]

Verb

circumsistō (present infinitive circumsistere, perfect active circumstetī or circumstitī); third conjugation, no supine stem

1. to stand or gather around
2. to surround or beset

   Synonyms: circumveniō, circumeō, circumdō, claudō, obsideō, circumsaepiō, saepiō

Conjugation

• The alternative perfect circumstitī is rare.

   Conjugation of circumsistō (third conjugation, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	circumsistō		circumsistis		circumsistit		circumsistimus		circumsistitis		circumsistunt
	imperfect	circumsistēbam		circumsistēbās		circumsistēbat		circumsistēbāmus		circumsistēbātis		circumsistēbant
	future	circumsistam		circumsistēs		circumsistet		circumsistēmus		circumsistētis		circumsistent
	perfect	circumstetī, circumstitī		circumstetistī, circumstitistī		circumstetit, circumstitit		circumstetimus, circumstitimus		circumstetistis, circumstitistis		circumstetērunt, circumstetēre, circumstitērunt, circumstitēre
	pluperfect	circumsteteram, circumstiteram		circumsteterās, circumstiterās		circumsteterat, circumstiterat		circumsteterāmus, circumstiterāmus		circumsteterātis, circumstiterātis		circumsteterant, circumstiterant
	future perfect	circumsteterō, circumstiterō		circumsteteris, circumstiteris		circumsteterit, circumstiterit		circumsteterimus, circumstiterimus		circumsteteritis, circumstiteritis		circumsteterint, circumstiterint
passive	present	circumsistor		circumsisteris, circumsistere		circumsistitur		circumsistimur		circumsistiminī		circumsistuntur
	imperfect	circumsistēbar		circumsistēbāris, circumsistēbāre		circumsistēbātur		circumsistēbāmur		circumsistēbāminī		circumsistēbantur
	future	circumsistar		circumsistēris, circumsistēre		circumsistētur		circumsistēmur		circumsistēminī		circumsistentur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	circumsistam		circumsistās		circumsistat		circumsistāmus		circumsistātis		circumsistant
	imperfect	circumsisterem		circumsisterēs		circumsisteret		circumsisterēmus		circumsisterētis		circumsisterent
	perfect	circumsteterim, circumstiterim		circumsteterīs, circumstiterīs		circumsteterit, circumstiterit		circumsteterīmus, circumstiterīmus		circumsteterītis, circumstiterītis		circumsteterint, circumstiterint
	pluperfect	circumstetissem, circumstitissem		circumstetissēs, circumstitissēs		circumstetisset, circumstitisset		circumstetissēmus, circumstitissēmus		circumstetissētis, circumstitissētis		circumstetissent, circumstitissent
passive	present	circumsistar		circumsistāris, circumsistāre		circumsistātur		circumsistāmur		circumsistāminī		circumsistantur
	imperfect	circumsisterer		circumsisterēris, circumsisterēre		circumsisterētur		circumsisterēmur		circumsisterēminī		circumsisterentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		circumsiste		—		—		circumsistite		—
	future	—		circumsistitō		circumsistitō		—		circumsistitōte		circumsistuntō
passive	present	—		circumsistere		—		—		circumsistiminī		—
	future	—		circumsistitor		circumsistitor		—		—		circumsistuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		circumsistere			circumsistī			circumsistēns			—
future		—			—			—			circumsistendus, circumsistundus
perfect		circumstetisse, circumstitisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		circumsistendī		circumsistendō		circumsistendum		circumsistendō		—		—

References

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