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resisto

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Italian

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Verb

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resisto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of resistere

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From re- (back, again) +‎ sistō (I place, I stand).

Pronunciation

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Usage notes

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Takes its object in the dative.

Verb

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resistō (present infinitive resistere, perfect active restitī); third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

  1. to stand back, remain standing somewhere; stand still, halt, stop, stay; remain, continue
  2. to rise or stand up again
  3. (usually in military language) to withstand, oppose, resist; make opposition or resistance (+ dative)
    Synonyms: adversor, obversor, obstō, vetō, dīvertō, officiō, recūsō, restō, repugnō, refrāgor, subsistō, oppōnō
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.24:
      ut alii eruptionibus resisterent
      That the others should resist the sallies [of enemy]
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.598–600:
      “‘[...] Quōs omnēs undique Grāiae
      circum errant aciēs; et nī mea cūra resistat,
      iam flammae tulerint inimīcus et hauserit ēnsīs.”
      “‘And everywhere all around them the Greek battalions range; and without my care opposing [the onslaught], [by] now they would have suffered the flames, and hostile swords would have drained [their blood].’”
      (Venus is protecting the family of Aeneas.)

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Descendants

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References

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  • resisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • resisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • resisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to struggle against grief: dolori resistere

Portuguese

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Verb

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resisto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of resistir

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /reˈsisto/ [reˈsis.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -isto
  • Syllabification: re‧sis‧to

Verb

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resisto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of resistir