insto
See also: instó
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From in- (“after”) + stō (“to stand”). The meaning developed from “stand behind” to “pursue, be imminent” to “press, urge”.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.stoː/, [ˈĩːs̠t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.sto/, [ˈinst̪o]
Verb edit
īnstō (present infinitive īnstāre, perfect active īnstitī, future participle īnstātūrus); first conjugation, no supine stem except in the future active participle, limited passive
- (transitive, intransitive) to stand upon, set foot on
- to be nearby, close to, be imminent
- (transitive, intransitive, with accusative or dative) to assail, press upon, harass
- Synonyms: invādō, oppugnō, incurrō, impetō, incessō, aggredior, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, petō, inruō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, incidō, irrumpō, adorior, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, appetō, arripiō, assiliō, invehō, lacessō
- Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.37:
- instantes cedentibus
- while pressing the retreating (soldiers)
- instantes cedentibus
- (intransitive, with dative) to urge, pursue, insist, to be intent upon
- (transitive) to urge (forward), ply
- (intransitive) to be pressing, draw nigh, approach, threaten
- Synonym: immineō
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
- English: instant
References edit
- ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN, page 243
- insto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
Further reading edit
- “insto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a war is imminent: bellum impendet, imminet, instat
- to press the fugitives: fugientibus instare
- a war is imminent: bellum impendet, imminet, instat
- insto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “instant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Portuguese edit
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Spanish edit
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