exsto

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

ex- +‎ stō

Pronunciation

Verb

exstō (present infinitive exstāre, future participle exstātūrus); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect stem

  1. (intransitive) to stand out or project
    Synonym: ēmineō
  2. (intransitive) to be prominent or conspicuous
    Synonyms: ēmineō, excellō, antecēdō, praeēmineō, splendeō, ēniteō
  3. (intransitive) to exist
    Synonyms: adsum, subsum, stō, astō
    Antonym: desum
  4. (intransitive) to be extant
  5. (transitive) to overpower, dominate
    Synonyms: exsuperō, praestō

Conjugation

References

  • exsto (ext-)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exsto in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
  • exsto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • (exto) exsto (exto) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 639/1.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to stand out of the water: ex aqua exstare
    • the book is still extant: exstat liber (notice the order of the words)
    • it is quite manifest: apparet et exstat
    • it is quite manifest: exstat atque eminet
  • ex(s)tō” on pages 657–658 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “exstare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 400/1