assisto

Italian

Verb

assisto

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): [asˈsɪs.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [asˈsis.t̪o]

Verb

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

to place oneself somewhere, stand (at or by), post oneself; approach, come upon; stop or halt in a position
to defend, assist, aid
Synonyms: adiūtō, iuvō, adiuvō, succurrō, foveō, sublevō, prōficiō, prōsum, adsum

Antonym: officiō
to stand before one on trial or in judgement

Conjugation

Conjugation of assistō (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		assiste		—		—		assistite		—
active	future	—		assistitō		assistitō		—		assistitōte		assistuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
non-finite forms		active			passive			active			passive
present		assistere			—			assistēns			—
perfect		astitisse			—			—			—
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

first-person singular present indicative of assistir