sisto

See also: Sisto

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Celtic (compare Proto-Celtic *sistati, "put, stand"), or either from Latin sextus.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsistʊ]

Noun

sisto m (plural sistos)

(archaic) aim, target
Synonym: fito
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 350:
  Et caualgarõ todos juntos et chegárõsse ao torneo, et touerõ ben o sseu sisto, et começarõ todos de cõssún a tirar de seus arcos et dar moy grãdes braados, ca atal era seu costume.
  And they rode all together and came to the tournament, and they secured their aim, and began to shoot from their bows all at the same time and to give very large shouts, because that was their custom

Derived terms

Related terms

Sisto

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sisto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sisto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “assestar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sistō, from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from the root *steh₂- (“stand”). Related to stō (“stand, be stood”), from the same root, with which sistō shares its supine forms.

Cognates include Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi) and Sanskrit तिष्ठति (tíṣṭhati).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsis.toː/, [ˈs̠ɪs̠t̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsis.to/, [ˈsist̪o]

Verb

sistō (present infinitive sistere, perfect active stitī, supine statum); third conjugation

(transitive) to cause to stand; to set; to place
Synonyms: collocō, loco, statuō, pōnō, fīgō, cōnstituō, struō, impōnō, defigo
(transitive) to stop, to halt
Synonyms: resistō, retineō, prohibeō, impediō, intersaepio, cohibeō, arceō, teneō, obsto, adversor, exclūdō
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti VI.154:
  Sistite vōs lacrimās.
  Halt your tears.
(intransitive) to place oneself; to stand
Synonyms: cōnstō, stō, cōnsistō, remaneō, maneō, haereō
to stabilise, consolidate, strengthen, reinforce
Synonyms: firmō, cōnfirmō, mūniō, cōnsolidō, fortificō

Antonyms: dēterō, atterō, minuō, frangō, tenuō, afficiō
(transitive, law) to cause to appear in court
(intransitive, law) to appear in court
(intransitive) to stop, to stand still; to halt; to stand firm
Synonyms: cessō, subsistō, dēsistō, remittō, dēsinō, quiēscō, conticēscō, trānseō

Antonyms: coepiō, incohō, incipiō

Siste! ― Stop!

Conjugation

Perfects of the form stetī for this verb are considered doubtful.

Conjugation of sistō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sistō	sistis	sistit	sistimus	sistitis	sistunt
	imperfect	sistēbam	sistēbās	sistēbat	sistēbāmus	sistēbātis	sistēbant
	future	sistam	sistēs	sistet	sistēmus	sistētis	sistent
	perfect	stitī	stitistī	stitit	stitimus	stitistis	stitērunt, stitēre
	pluperfect	stiteram	stiterās	stiterat	stiterāmus	stiterātis	stiterant
	future perfect	stiterō	stiteris	stiterit	stiterimus	stiteritis	stiterint
passive	present	sistor	sisteris, sistere	sistitur	sistimur	sistiminī	sistuntur
	imperfect	sistēbar	sistēbāris, sistēbāre	sistēbātur	sistēbāmur	sistēbāminī	sistēbantur
	future	sistar	sistēris, sistēre	sistētur	sistēmur	sistēminī	sistentur
	perfect	status + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	status + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	status + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sistam	sistās	sistat	sistāmus	sistātis	sistant
imperfect	sisterem	sisterēs	sisteret	sisterēmus	sisterētis	sisterent
perfect	stiterim	stiterīs	stiterit	stiterīmus	stiterītis	stiterint
pluperfect	stitissem	stitissēs	stitisset	stitissēmus	stitissētis	stitissent
passive	present	sistar	sistāris, sistāre	sistātur	sistāmur	sistāminī	sistantur
imperfect	sisterer	sisterēris, sisterēre	sisterētur	sisterēmur	sisterēminī	sisterentur
perfect	status + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	status + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	siste	—	—	sistite	—
active	future	—	sistitō	sistitō	—	sistitōte	sistuntō
passive	present	—	sistere	—	—	sistiminī	—
passive	future	—	sistitor	sistitor	—	—	sistuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sistere	stitisse	stātūrum esse	sistī	statum esse	statum īrī
participles		sistēns	—	stātūrus	—	status	sistendus, sistundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sistendī	sistendō	sistendum	sistendō	statum	statū

Derived terms

Verbs

Other terms

Descendants

→ Romanian: sista
→ German: sistieren

References

“sisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“sisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
sisto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
sisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to halt: gradum sistere

Latvian

Participle

sisto

inflection of sistais:
1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

[1] Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “assestar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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