exsisto

Latin

Alternative forms

• existō

Etymology

From ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”), caus. of stare (“to stand”); see stand.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eksˈsis.toː/, [ɛks̠ˈs̠ɪs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eksˈsis.to/, [eksˈsist̪o]

Verb

exsistō (present infinitive exsistere, perfect active exstitī, supine exstitum); third conjugation, no passive

1. to be, exist
2. to appear, arise, emerge

   Synonym: appāreō

3. to become

   Synonym: fīō

4. (in the third-person) there is, there are
5. to stand out (as), to stand out in regard to (+ dative)
6. to be manifest, to be apparent or appear

Conjugation

   Conjugation of exsistō (third conjugation, no passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	exsistō		exsistis		exsistit		exsistimus		exsistitis		exsistunt
	imperfect	exsistēbam		exsistēbās		exsistēbat		exsistēbāmus		exsistēbātis		exsistēbant
	future	exsistam		exsistēs		exsistet		exsistēmus		exsistētis		exsistent
	perfect	exstitī		exstitistī		exstitit		exstitimus		exstitistis		exstitērunt, exstitēre
	pluperfect	exstiteram		exstiterās		exstiterat		exstiterāmus		exstiterātis		exstiterant
	future perfect	exstiterō		exstiteris		exstiterit		exstiterimus		exstiteritis		exstiterint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	exsistam		exsistās		exsistat		exsistāmus		exsistātis		exsistant
	imperfect	exsisterem		exsisterēs		exsisteret		exsisterēmus		exsisterētis		exsisterent
	perfect	exstiterim		exstiterīs		exstiterit		exstiterīmus		exstiterītis		exstiterint
	pluperfect	exstitissem		exstitissēs		exstitisset		exstitissēmus		exstitissētis		exstitissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		exsiste		—		—		exsistite		—
	future	—		exsistitō		exsistitō		—		exsistitōte		exsistuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		exsistere			—			exsistēns			—
future		exstitūrum esse			—			exstitūrus			—
perfect		exstitisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		exstitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		exsistendī		exsistendō		exsistendum		exsistendō		exstitum		exstitū

Descendants

• French: exister
  • → English: exist
• Friulian: esisti
• Italian: esistere
• Ligurian: exìste
• Piedmontese: esiste
• Sardinian: esístere
• Spanish: existir

References

• “exsisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exsisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exsisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • at this point the question arises: hoc loco exsistit quaestio, quaeritur
    
  • to summon some one from the dead: aliquem ab inferis or a mortuis evocare, excitare (passive ab inferis exsistere)
    
• exsisto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016