absto

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See also: abstõ

Latin

Alternative forms

apstō

Etymology

From ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ stō (“stand; remain”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

Verb

abstō (present infinitive abstāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems, impersonal in the passive

(intransitive, usually used with longe) to stand off or at a distance from, stand aloof
Synonym: dissideō

Antonym: īnstō

Conjugation

Conjugation of abstō (first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems, impersonal in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
indicative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abstō		abstās		abstat		abstāmus		abstātis		abstant
	imperfect	abstābam		abstābās		abstābat		abstābāmus		abstābātis		abstābant
	future	abstābō		abstābis		abstābit		abstābimus		abstābitis		abstābunt
passive	present	—		—		abstātur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		abstābātur		—		—		—
	future	—		—		abstābitur		—		—		—
subjunctive		singular						plural
subjunctive		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abstem		abstēs		abstet		abstēmus		abstētis		abstent
active	imperfect	abstārem		abstārēs		abstāret		abstārēmus		abstārētis		abstārent
passive	present	—		—		abstētur		—		—		—
passive	imperfect	—		—		abstārētur		—		—		—
imperative		singular						plural
imperative		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		abstā		—		—		abstāte		—
active	future	—		abstātō		abstātō		—		abstātōte		abstantō
passive	future	—		—		abstātor		—		—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
non-finite forms		active			passive			active			passive
present		abstāre			abstārī			abstāns			—
future		—			—			—			abstandum
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		abstandī		abstandō		abstandum		abstandō		—		—

Derived terms

abstantia

Related terms

References

“absto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“absto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
absto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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