exsisto

Latin

Alternative forms

• existō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ekˈsis.toː/, [ɛkˈs̠ɪs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsis.to/, [eɡˈzist̪o]

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. (in the 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
  • → English: exist
• Friulian: esisti
• Italian: esistere
• Ligurian: exìste
• Piedmontese: esiste
• Sardinian: esístere
• 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^[1], 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^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016