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Italian
Verb
assisto
- first-person singular present indicative of assistere
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Latin
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Etymology
ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sistō (“stand, be placed”)
Pronunciation
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
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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