disto

See also: distó and distò

Italian

Verb

disto

1. first-person singular present indicative of distare

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Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ stō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdis.toː/, [ˈd̪ɪs̠t̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdis.to/, [ˈd̪ist̪o]

Verb

distō (present infinitive distāre, perfect active distitī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (intransitive) I stand apart; I am distant
2. I differ

Conjugation

• The perfect forms like distitī are rare, occurring only post-Classically and only in Ennodius and Boethius.

Conjugation of distō (first conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	distō	distās	distat	distāmus	distātis	distant
	imperfect	distābam	distābās	distābat	distābāmus	distābātis	distābant
	future	distābō	distābis	distābit	distābimus	distābitis	distābunt
	perfect	distitī	distitistī	distitit	distitimus	distitistis	distitērunt, distitēre
	pluperfect	distiteram	distiterās	distiterat	distiterāmus	distiterātis	distiterant
	future perfect	distiterō	distiteris	distiterit	distiterimus	distiteritis	distiterint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	distem	distēs	distet	distēmus	distētis	distent
	imperfect	distārem	distārēs	distāret	distārēmus	distārētis	distārent
	perfect	distiterim	distiterīs	distiterit	distiterīmus	distiterītis	distiterint
	pluperfect	distitissem	distitissēs	distitisset	distitissēmus	distitissētis	distitissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	distā	—	—	distāte	—
	future	—	distātō	distātō	—	distātōte	distantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		distāre	distitisse	—	—	—	—
participles		distāns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		distandī	distandō	distandum	distandō	—	—

Descendants

• Italian: distare
• Portuguese: distar
• Spanish: distar
• → Old Irish: di·tá (calque)

References

• “disto”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “disto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• disto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be equidistant: paribus intervallis distare
    
• Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈd͡ʒis.tu/, [ˈd͡ʒis.tu]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil including São Paulo) /ˈd͡ʒis.tu/, [ˈd͡ʒis.tu]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /ˈd͡ʒiʃ.tu/, [ˈd͡ʒiʃ.tu]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈdiʃ.tu/, [ˈdiʃ.tu]

Contraction

disto

1. Contraction of de isto (“of this, from this”).

See also

Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
		Pronouns					Adverbs
		Singular		Plural		Neuter
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Proximal	X	este	esta	estes	estas	isto	aqui, cá
	de + X	deste	desta	destes	destas	disto	daqui
	em + X	neste	nesta	nestes	nestas	nisto	—
Medial	X	esse	essa	esses	essas	isso	aí
	de + X	desse	dessa	desses	dessas	disso	daí
	em + X	nesse	nessa	nesses	nessas	nisso	—
Distal	X	aquele	aquela	aqueles	aquelas	aquilo	ali, lá
	de + X	daquele	daquela	daqueles	daquelas	daquilo	dali
	em + X	naquele	naquela	naqueles	naquelas	naquilo	—
	a + X	àquele	àquela	àqueles	àquelas	àquilo
Anaphoric	X	o	a	os	as	—	—
	de + X	do	da	dos	das
	em + X	no	na	nos	nas
	a + X	ao	à	aos	às

Verb

disto

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of distar

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Spanish

Verb

disto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of distar.