assisto

Italian

Verb

assisto

1. first-person singular present indicative of assistere

Anagrams

• ostassi, tosassi

Latin

Alternative forms

• adsistō

Etymology

ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ sistō (“stand, be placed”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈsis.toː/, [äs̠ˈs̠ɪs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈsis.to/, [äsˈsist̪o]

Verb

assistō (present infinitive assistere, perfect active astitī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to place oneself somewhere, stand (at or by), post oneself; approach, come upon; stop or halt in a position
2. to defend, assist, aid

   Synonyms: adiūtō, iuvō, adiuvō, succurrō, foveō, sublevō, prōficiō, prōsum, adsum

   Antonym: officiō

3. to stand before one on trial or in judgement

Conjugation

Conjugation of assistō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	assistō	assistis	assistit	assistimus	assistitis	assistunt
	imperfect	assistēbam	assistēbās	assistēbat	assistēbāmus	assistēbātis	assistēbant
	future	assistam	assistēs	assistet	assistēmus	assistētis	assistent
	perfect	astitī	astitistī	astitit	astitimus	astitistis	astitērunt, astitēre
	pluperfect	astiteram	astiterās	astiterat	astiterāmus	astiterātis	astiterant
	future perfect	astiterō	astiteris	astiterit	astiterimus	astiteritis	astiterint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	assistam	assistās	assistat	assistāmus	assistātis	assistant
	imperfect	assisterem	assisterēs	assisteret	assisterēmus	assisterētis	assisterent
	perfect	astiterim	astiterīs	astiterit	astiterīmus	astiterītis	astiterint
	pluperfect	astitissem	astitissēs	astitisset	astitissēmus	astitissētis	astitissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	assiste	—	—	assistite	—
	future	—	assistitō	assistitō	—	assistitōte	assistuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		assistere	astitisse	—	—	—	—
participles		assistēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		assistendī	assistendō	assistendum	assistendō	—	—

Derived terms

• assistentia

Descendants

• Asturian: asistir
• Catalan: assistir
• English: assist
• French: assister
• Friulian: assisti
• Galician: asistir
• Italian: assistere
• Occitan: assistir
• Piedmontese: assiste
• Portuguese: assistir
• Sicilian: assìstiri
• Spanish: asistir

References

• “assisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• adsisto (ass-) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, pages 57–8.
• “assistō” on page 189 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “assistere”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 66/1

Portuguese

Verb

assisto

1. first-person singular present indicative of assistir