insisto

Galician edit

Verb edit

insisto

first-person singular present indicative of insistir

Italian edit

Verb edit

insisto

first-person singular present indicative of insistere

Anagrams edit

sistino

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From in- +‎ sistō (“stand, set, place”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈsis.toː/, [ĩːˈs̠ɪs̠t̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈsis.to/, [inˈsist̪o]

Verb edit

īnsistō (present infinitive īnsistere, perfect active īnstitī); third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

(transitive) to set foot, stand, tread or press on or upon something
(transitive, with viam or iter) to enter or embark on, pursue (a way, path or journey)
(with dative) to follow, pursue, press on
(intransitive) to halt, pause, stop, stand still; pause in thought, dwell upon, hesitate, doubt
(figuratively, with dative) to press upon, urge
(figuratively, with dative or accusative) to set about, devote or apply oneself to, set to work (on)
(figuratively, with dative or infinitive) to persevere, continue, persist in

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of īnsistō (third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnsistō	īnsistis	īnsistit	īnsistimus	īnsistitis	īnsistunt
	imperfect	īnsistēbam	īnsistēbās	īnsistēbat	īnsistēbāmus	īnsistēbātis	īnsistēbant
	future	īnsistam	īnsistēs	īnsistet	īnsistēmus	īnsistētis	īnsistent
	perfect	īnstitī	īnstitistī	īnstitit	īnstitimus	īnstitistis	īnstitērunt, īnstitēre
	pluperfect	īnstiteram	īnstiterās	īnstiterat	īnstiterāmus	īnstiterātis	īnstiterant
	future perfect	īnstiterō	īnstiteris	īnstiterit	īnstiterimus	īnstiteritis	īnstiterint
passive	present	—	—	īnsistitur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	īnsistēbātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	īnsistētur	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnsistam	īnsistās	īnsistat	īnsistāmus	īnsistātis	īnsistant
	imperfect	īnsisterem	īnsisterēs	īnsisteret	īnsisterēmus	īnsisterētis	īnsisterent
	perfect	īnstiterim	īnstiterīs	īnstiterit	īnstiterīmus	īnstiterītis	īnstiterint
	pluperfect	īnstitissem	īnstitissēs	īnstitisset	īnstitissēmus	īnstitissētis	īnstitissent
passive	present	—	—	īnsistātur	—	—	—
passive	imperfect	—	—	īnsisterētur	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	īnsiste	—	—	īnsistite	—
active	future	—	īnsistitō	īnsistitō	—	īnsistitōte	īnsistuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		īnsistere	īnstitisse	—	īnsistī	—	—
participles		īnsistēns	—	—	—	—	īnsistendum, īnsistundum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		īnsistendī	īnsistendō	īnsistendum	īnsistendō	—	—

Derived terms edit

institor

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Catalan: insistir
English: insist
Esperanto: insisti
French: insister
Galician: insistir
Italian: insistere
Portuguese: insistir
Romanian: insista
Sicilian: nzìstiri
Spanish: insistir

References edit

“insisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“insisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
insisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to follow in any one's steps: vestigiis alicuius insistere, ingredi (also metaph.)

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

insisto

first-person singular present indicative of insistir

Spanish edit

Verb edit

insisto

first-person singular present indicative of insistir