exsisto

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”), caus. of stare (“to stand”); see stand.

Pronunciation

Verb

exsistō (present infinitive exsistere, perfect active exstitī, supine exstitum); third conjugation, no passive

  1. to be, exist
  2. to appear, arise, emerge
    Synonym: appāreō
  3. to become
    Synonym: fīō
  4. (third-person) there is, there are
  5. to stand out (as), to stand out in regard to (+ dative)
  6. to be manifest, to be apparent or appear

Conjugation
   Conjugation of exsistō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present exsistō exsistis exsistit exsistimus exsistitis exsistunt
imperfect exsistēbam exsistēbās exsistēbat exsistēbāmus exsistēbātis exsistēbant
future exsistam exsistēs exsistet exsistēmus exsistētis exsistent
perfect exstitī exstitistī exstitit exstitimus exstitistis exstitērunt,
exstitēre
pluperfect exstiteram exstiterās exstiterat exstiterāmus exstiterātis exstiterant
future perfect exstiterō exstiteris exstiterit exstiterimus exstiteritis exstiterint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present exsistam exsistās exsistat exsistāmus exsistātis exsistant
imperfect exsisterem exsisterēs exsisteret exsisterēmus exsisterētis exsisterent
perfect exstiterim exstiterīs exstiterit exstiterīmus exstiterītis exstiterint
pluperfect exstitissem exstitissēs exstitisset exstitissēmus exstitissētis exstitissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — exsiste — — exsistite —
future — exsistitō exsistitō — exsistitōte exsistuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives exsistere exstitisse exstitūrum esse — — —
participles exsistēns — exstitūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
exsistendī exsistendō exsistendum exsistendō exstitum exstitū

Descendants
  • French: exister
  • Friulian: esisti
  • Italian: esistere
  • Ligurian: exìste
  • Piedmontese: esiste
  • Sardinian: esístere[1]
  • Spanish: existir

References
  • “exsisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “exsisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exsisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • at this point the question arises: hoc loco exsistit quaestio, quaeritur
    • to summon some one from the dead: aliquem ab inferis or a mortuis evocare, excitare (passive ab inferis exsistere)
  • exsisto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  1. https://ditzionariu.nor-web.eu/en/tradutzione/italianu/es%C3%ACstere
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