consto

See also: constò and constó

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɔns.tu]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔns.to]

Verb

consto

first-person singular present indicative of constar

Italian

Verb

consto

first-person singular present indicative of constare

Anagrams

sconto, scontò

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *komstaēō. Equivalent to con- (“together”) +‎ stō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.stoː/, [ˈkõːs̠t̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.sto/, [ˈkɔnst̪o]

Verb

cōnstō (present infinitive cōnstāre, perfect active cōnstitī, supine cōnstātum); first conjugation, no passive

to stand together
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.28:
  In foro ac locis patentioribus [...] constiterunt
  They stood together in the marketplace and the more open places
to stand still; to remain the same; stand firm
Synonyms: sistō, persistō, remaneō, maneō, stō, haereō
to agree, correspond, fit
Synonyms: concordō, condīcō, conveniō, cōnsentiō, assentiō, concurrō, congruō, pangō

Antonyms: dissentiō, dissideō, discordō, variō, abhorreō
to be certain, decided, consistent
Antonyms: errō, pendeō, dubitō, fluitō, vagor
(used impersonally) to be well known
cōnstat
to consist, to be composed of
- c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris:
  carrus plumbi constat ex triginta fotmallis
  The fother of lead is formed from thirty fotmals.
to cost (with ablative)
Multō sanguine victōria nōbīs cōnstitit.
The victory cost us much blood.

Quantī cōnstat?
How much does it cost?

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnstō (first conjugation, no passive)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	cōnstō	cōnstās		cōnstat	cōnstāmus	cōnstātis		cōnstant
	imperfect	cōnstābam	cōnstābās		cōnstābat	cōnstābāmus	cōnstābātis		cōnstābant
	future	cōnstābō	cōnstābis		cōnstābit	cōnstābimus	cōnstābitis		cōnstābunt
	perfect	cōnstitī	cōnstitistī		cōnstitit	cōnstitimus	cōnstitistis		cōnstitērunt, cōnstitēre
	pluperfect	cōnstiteram	cōnstiterās		cōnstiterat	cōnstiterāmus	cōnstiterātis		cōnstiterant
	future perfect	cōnstiterō	cōnstiteris		cōnstiterit	cōnstiterimus	cōnstiteritis		cōnstiterint
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	cōnstem	cōnstēs		cōnstet	cōnstēmus	cōnstētis		cōnstent
	imperfect	cōnstārem	cōnstārēs		cōnstāret	cōnstārēmus	cōnstārētis		cōnstārent
	perfect	cōnstiterim	cōnstiterīs		cōnstiterit	cōnstiterīmus	cōnstiterītis		cōnstiterint
	pluperfect	cōnstitissem	cōnstitissēs		cōnstitisset	cōnstitissēmus	cōnstitissētis		cōnstitissent
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	cōnstā		—	—	cōnstāte		—
active	future	—	cōnstātō		cōnstātō	—	cōnstātōte		cōnstantō
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		cōnstāre		—		cōnstāns		—
future		cōnstātūrum esse		—		cōnstātūrus		—
perfect		cōnstitisse		—		—		—
perfect potential		cōnstātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		cōnstandī	cōnstandō		cōnstandum	cōnstandō	cōnstātum		cōnstātū

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: custã
- Romanian: custa
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: costare
  - → Romanian: costa
- Neapolitan: costare
- Sicilian: custari
Padanian:
- Friulian: costâ
- Istriot: custà
- Ladin: coster
- Romansch: custar, custair, cuostair
- Venetan: costar
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: costar
- Franco-Provençal: côtar
- Old French: coster (see there for further descendants)
- Occitan: costar
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: costar
- Old Galician-Portuguese: costar, custar
  - Galician: costar
  - Portuguese: custar
- Old Spanish: costar
  - Spanish: costar
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: costai, costare, costari
Borrowings:
- → Albanian: kushtoj
- → Catalan: constar
- → French: constat
- → Italian: constare
- → Portuguese: constar
- → Romanian: consta
- → Spanish: constar

References

“consto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“consto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
consto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- I am losing my eyesight and getting deaf: neque auribus neque oculis satis consto
- to be composed of; to consist of: constare ex aliqua re
- it is a recognised fact: inter omnes constat
- I have not made up my mind: mihi non constat (with indirect question)
- to contradict oneself, be inconsistent: a se dissidere or sibi non constare (of persons)
- to compose oneself with difficulty: mente vix constare (Tusc. 4. 17. 39)
- to be consistent: sibi constare, constantem esse
- a thing costs much, little: aliquid magno, parvo stat, constat
- a thing costs nothing: aliquid nihilo or gratis constat
- the accounts balance: ratio alicuius rei constat (convenit, par est)

Portuguese

Verb

consto

first-person singular present indicative of constar

Spanish

Verb

consto

first-person singular present indicative of constar