absisto
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ab- (“from, away from”) + sistō (“stand, set, place”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /abˈsis.toː/, [äpˈs̠ɪs̠t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /abˈsis.to/, [äbˈsist̪o]
Verb edit
absistō (present infinitive absistere, perfect active abstitī); third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive
- (intransitive) to withdraw, depart, go away from
- (intransitive) to desist, stop or cease from
Usage notes edit
- Only used in contexts of neutral significance.
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: absist
References edit
- “absisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “absisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- absisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.