Italian

Verb

consisto

1. first-person singular present of consistere

Anagrams

• scostino

Latin

Etymology

From con- ‎(“together”) +‎ sistō ‎(“I cause to stand, stand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈsis.toː/, [kõːˈsɪs.toː]

Verb

cōnsistō ‎(present infinitive cōnsistere, perfect active cōnstitī, supine cōnstitum); third conjugation

1. I stop, stand, halt
2. I pause, linger
3. I harden
4. I agree with.
5. I continue.
6. I exist.

Inflection

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

Descendants

• French: consister

References

• consisto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• consisto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “consisto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to depend upon a thing: consistere in aliqua re
    
  • to be calm, self-possessed: mente consistere
    
  • to halt: subsistere, consistere
    
  • to take up one's position on a mountain: consistere in monte
    
  • to form a square: in orbem consistere
    
  • to ride at anchor: ad ancoram consistere
    
  • to ride at anchor: in ancoris esse, stare, consistere
    

Portuguese

Verb

consisto

1. first-person singular present indicative of consistir

Spanish

Verb

consisto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of consistir.