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assisto
assisto
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sistō (“stand, be placed”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /asˈsis.toː/
Verb
assistō (present infinitive assistere, perfect active astitī); third conjugation, no passive
- I place myself somewhere, stand (at or by), post myself; approach, come upon; stop or halt in a position
- I defend, assist, aid
- I stand before one on trial or in judgement
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References
- assisto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “adsisto (ass-)”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, pages 57–8.
- “assistō” on page 189 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- “assistere” on page 66/1 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)