stare in cattedra

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “stay in professorship.”

Verb

stàre in cattedra (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) stò in cattedra, first-person singular past historic stétti in cattedra or (traditional) stètti in cattedra, past participle stàto in cattedra, first-person singular future starò in cattedra, first-person singular subjunctive stìa in cattedra, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive stéssi in cattedra, second-person singular imperative stài in cattedra or stà' in cattedra, auxiliary èssere)

1. Alternative form of montare in cattedra.