disto

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See also: distó and distò

Italian

Verb

disto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of distare

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ stō (stand).

Pronunciation

Verb

distō (present infinitive distāre, perfect active distitī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to stand apart; to be distant
    Synonym: dissideō
    Antonyms: īnstō, contingō, astō, immineō
  2. to differ
    Synonyms: dissideō, abhorreō, differō

Conjugation

  • The perfect forms like distitī are rare, occurring only post-Classically and only in Ennodius and Boethius.
   Conjugation of distō (first conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present distō distās distat distāmus distātis distant
imperfect distābam distābās distābat distābāmus distābātis distābant
future distābō distābis distābit distābimus distābitis distābunt
perfect distitī distitistī distitit distitimus distitistis distitērunt,
distitēre
pluperfect distiteram distiterās distiterat distiterāmus distiterātis distiterant
future perfect distiterō distiteris distiterit distiterimus distiteritis distiterint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present distem distēs distet distēmus distētis distent
imperfect distārem distārēs distāret distārēmus distārētis distārent
perfect distiterim distiterīs distiterit distiterīmus distiterītis distiterint
pluperfect distitissem distitissēs distitisset distitissēmus distitissētis distitissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present distā distāte
future distātō distātō distātōte distantō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives distāre distitisse
participles distāns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
distandī distandō distandum distandō

Descendants

  • Catalan: distar
  • Galician: distar
  • Italian: distare
  • Portuguese: distar
  • Spanish: distar
  • Old Irish: di·tá (calque)

References

  • disto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • disto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • disto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be equidistant: paribus intervallis distare
  • Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -istu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtu
  • Hyphenation: dis‧to

Etymology 1

Contraction

disto n

  1. Contraction of de isto (of/from this thing): neuter of deste
See also
Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
Pronouns Adverbs
Singular Plural Neuter
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Proximal X este esta estes estas isto aqui,
de + X deste desta destes destas disto daqui
em + X neste nesta nestes nestas nisto
Medial X esse essa esses essas isso
de + X desse dessa desses dessas disso daí
em + X nesse nessa nesses nessas nisso
Distal X aquele aquela aqueles aquelas aquilo ali, , acolá
de + X daquele daquela daqueles daquelas daquilo dali
em + X naquele naquela naqueles naquelas naquilo
a + X àquele àquela àqueles àquelas àquilo
Anaphoric X o a os as
de + X do da dos das
em + X no na nos nas
a + X ao à aos às

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

disto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of distar

Spanish

Verb

disto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of distar