exsisto

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ex (out) + sistere (to set, place), caus. of stare (to stand); see stand.

Pronunciation

Verb

exsistō (present infinitive exsistere, perfect active exstitī, supine exstitum); third conjugation, no passive

  1. to be, exist
  2. to appear, arise, emerge
    Synonym: appāreō
  3. to become
    Synonym: fīō
  4. (in the third-person) there is, there are
  5. to stand out (as), to stand out in regard to (+ dative)
  6. to be manifest, to be apparent or appear

Conjugation

Descendants

  • French: exister
  • Friulian: esisti
  • Italian: esistere
  • Ligurian: exìste
  • Piedmontese: esiste
  • Sardinian: esístere[1]
  • Spanish: existir

References

  • exsisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exsisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exsisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • at this point the question arises: hoc loco exsistit quaestio, quaeritur
    • to summon some one from the dead: aliquem ab inferis or a mortuis evocare, excitare (passive ab inferis exsistere)
  • exsisto in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016