Italian

Proper noun

Sisto ? m

1. Sixtus

Latin

Verb

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

1. (transitive) I cause to stand; I set; I place.
2. (intransitive) I place myself; I stand.
3. (transitive, law) I cause to appear in court.
4. (intransitive, law) I appear in court.
5. (intransitive) I stand still; I halt; I stand firm.
   • Ovidius, Fasti, Book VI, line 154

     Sistite vos lacrimas.

     Halt your tears.

Inflection

• The third principal part may be either stetī or stitī.

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: interstitial, resist (via restitō), persist, subsist, desist, insist, consist, assist, solstice
• Italian: interstiziale, resistere (via restitō), persistere, assistere sussistere, desistere, insistere, consistere, assistere, esistere
• Romanian: sista
• Spanish: asistir

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sisto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to halt: gradum sistere
    

Latvian

Participle

sisto

1. vocative singular masculine form of sistais
2. accusative singular masculine form of sistais
3. instrumental singular masculine form of sistais
4. genitive plural masculine form of sistais
5. vocative singular feminine form of sistais
6. accusative singular feminine form of sistais
7. instrumental singular feminine form of sistais
8. genitive plural feminine form of sistais