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Pronunciation
Verb
consto
- first-person singular present indicative of constar
Italian
Verb
consto
- first-person singular present indicative of constare
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *komstaēō. Equivalent to con- (“together”) + stō (“stand”).
Pronunciation
Verb
cōnstō (present infinitive cōnstāre, perfect active cōnstitī, supine cōnstātum); first conjugation, no passive
- to stand together
- to stand still; to remain the same; stand firm
- Synonyms: sistō, persistō, remaneō, maneō, stō, haereō
- to agree, correspond, fit
- Synonyms: concordō, condīcō, conveniō, cōnsentiō, assentiō, concurrō, congruō, pangō
- Antonyms: dissentiō, dissideō, discordō, variō, abhorreō
- to be certain, decided, consistent
- Antonyms: errō, pendeō, dubitō, fluitō, vagor
- (used impersonally) to be well known
- cōnstat
- to consist, to be composed of
c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris:carrus plumbi constat ex triginta fotmallis- The fother of lead is formed from thirty fotmals.
- to cost (with ablative)
Multō sanguine victōria nōbīs cōnstitit.- The victory cost us much blood.
Quantī cōnstat?- How much does it cost?
Conjugation
Descendants
- Borrowings
References
- “consto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “consto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- consto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I am losing my eyesight and getting deaf: neque auribus neque oculis satis consto
- to be composed of; to consist of: constare ex aliqua re
- it is a recognised fact: inter omnes constat
- I have not made up my mind: mihi non constat (with indirect question)
- to contradict oneself, be inconsistent: a se dissidere or sibi non constare (of persons)
- to compose oneself with difficulty: mente vix constare (Tusc. 4. 17. 39)
- to be consistent: sibi constare, constantem esse
- a thing costs much, little: aliquid magno, parvo stat, constat
- a thing costs nothing: aliquid nihilo or gratis constat
- the accounts balance: ratio alicuius rei constat (convenit, par est)
Portuguese
Verb
consto
- first-person singular present indicative of constar
Spanish
Verb
consto
- first-person singular present indicative of constar