antistare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From anti- (“before, in front”) + stare (“to be”).
Verb edit
antistàre (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) antistò, first-person singular past historic antistétti or (traditional) antistètti, past participle antistàto, first-person singular future antistarò, first-person singular subjunctive antistìa, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive antistéssi, second-person singular imperative antistài or antistà', auxiliary èssere)
- (rare, literary, transitive) to be in front of something
- 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno - Sesta”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 48:
- Due colonne diritte e pulite antistavano l'ingresso, che appariva a prima vista come un solo grande arco
- Two straight and clean columns were in front of the entrance, that at first sight looked like a single big arch
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of antistàre (-are; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1With syntactic gemination after the verb.
2Traditional.
Latin edit
Verb edit
antistāre