consto

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɔns.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈkɔns.to]

consto

1. first-person singular present indicative of constar

consto

1. first-person singular present indicative of constare

• sconto, scontò

From Proto-Italic *komstaēō. Equivalent to con- (“together”) +‎ stō (“stand”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.stoː/, [ˈkõːs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.sto/, [ˈkɔnst̪o]

cōnstō (present infinitive cōnstāre, perfect active cōnstitī, supine cōnstātum); first conjugation, no passive

1. to stand together
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.28:

     In foro ac locis patentioribus [...] constiterunt

     They stood together in the marketplace and the more open places

2. to stand still; to remain the same; stand firm

   Synonyms: sistō, persistō, remaneō, maneō, stō, haereō

3. to agree, correspond, fit

   Synonyms: concordō, condīcō, conveniō, cōnsentiō, assentiō, concurrō, congruō, pangō

   Antonyms: dissentiō, dissideō, discordō, variō, abhorreō

4. to be certain, decided, consistent

   Antonyms: errō, pendeō, dubitō, fluitō, vagor

5. (used impersonally) to be well known

   cōnstat

6. 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.

7. to cost (with ablative)

   Multō sanguine victōria nōbīs cōnstitit.

   The victory cost us much blood.

   Quantī cōnstat?

   How much does it cost?

Borrowings

• “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)
    

consto

1. first-person singular present indicative of constar

consto

1. first-person singular present indicative of constar