resisto

Italian

Verb

resisto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of resistere

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From re- (“back, again”) +‎ sistō (“I place, I stand”).

Pronunciation

Usage notes

Takes its object in the dative.

Verb

resistō (present infinitive resistere, perfect active restitī); third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

  1. to stand back, remain standing somewhere; stand still, halt, stop, stay; remain, continue
  2. to rise or stand up again
  3. (usually in military language) to withstand, oppose, resist; make opposition or resistance (+ dative)
    Synonyms: adversor, obversor, obstō, vetō, dīvertō, officiō, recūsō, restō, repugnō, refrāgor, subsistō, oppōnō
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.24:
      ut alii eruptionibus resisterent
      That the others should resist the sallies [of enemy]
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.598–600:
      “‘[...] Quōs omnēs undique Grāiae
      circum errant aciēs; et nī mea cūra resistat,
      iam flammae tulerint inimīcus et hauserit ēnsīs.”
      “‘And everywhere all around them the Greek battalions range; and without my care opposing [the onslaught], [by] now they would have suffered the flames, and hostile swords would have drained [their blood].’”
      (Venus is protecting the family of Aeneas.)

Conjugation
   Conjugation of resistō (third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present resistō resistis resistit resistimus resistitis resistunt
imperfect resistēbam resistēbās resistēbat resistēbāmus resistēbātis resistēbant
future resistam resistēs resistet resistēmus resistētis resistent
perfect restitī restitistī restitit restitimus restitistis restitērunt,
restitēre
pluperfect restiteram restiterās restiterat restiterāmus restiterātis restiterant
future perfect restiterō restiteris restiterit restiterimus restiteritis restiterint
passive present — — resistitur — — —
imperfect — — resistēbātur — — —
future — — resistētur — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present resistam resistās resistat resistāmus resistātis resistant
imperfect resisterem resisterēs resisteret resisterēmus resisterētis resisterent
perfect restiterim restiterīs restiterit restiterīmus restiterītis restiterint
pluperfect restitissem restitissēs restitisset restitissēmus restitissētis restitissent
passive present — — resistātur — — —
imperfect — — resisterētur — — —
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — resiste — — resistite —
future — resistitō resistitō — resistitōte resistuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives resistere restitisse — resistī — —
participles resistēns — — — — resistendum,
resistundum
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
resistendī resistendō resistendum resistendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • “resisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “resisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • resisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to struggle against grief: dolori resistere

Portuguese

Verb

resisto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of resistir

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /reˈsisto/ [reˈsis.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -isto
  • Syllabification: re‧sis‧to

Verb

resisto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of resistir
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