verbthird conjugation, impersonal in the passive
cōnsistō
cōnsistō (present infinitive cōnsistere, perfect active cōnstitī, supine cōnstitum)
Classical[kõːˈsɪs.toː]Ecclesiastical[konˈsis.to]
№ 780 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- impersonalto stop, stand, halt
- impersonalto pause, linger
- impersonalto harden
- impersonalto agree with
- impersonalto depend on
- impersonalto continue, endure, subsist
- impersonalto exist
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
stāre incipiō; quī it, cōnsistit et manet.cōnsistō -ere cōnstitī — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter
gradum sistō, stōcōnsistō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 16
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | cōnsistō | cōnsistēbam | cōnsistam | cōnstitī | cōnstiteram | cōnstiterō |
| 2nd sg. | cōnsistis | cōnsistēbās | cōnsistēs | cōnstitistī | cōnstiterās | cōnstiteris |
| 3rd sg. | cōnsistit | cōnsistēbat | cōnsistet | cōnstitit | cōnstiterat | cōnstiterit |
| 1st pl. | cōnsistimus | cōnsistēbāmus | cōnsistēmus | cōnstitimus | cōnstiterāmus | cōnstiterimus |
| 2nd pl. | cōnsistitis | cōnsistēbātis | cōnsistētis | cōnstitistis | cōnstiterātis | cōnstiteritis |
| 3rd pl. | cōnsistunt | cōnsistēbant | cōnsistent | cōnstitērunt cōnstitēre | cōnstiterant | cōnstiterint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | cōnsistam | cōnsisterem | cōnstiterim | cōnstitissem |
| 2nd sg. | cōnsistās | cōnsisterēs | cōnstiterīs | cōnstitissēs |
| 3rd sg. | cōnsistat | cōnsisteret | cōnstiterit | cōnstitisset |
| 1st pl. | cōnsistāmus | cōnsisterēmus | cōnstiterīmus | cōnstitissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | cōnsistātis | cōnsisterētis | cōnstiterītis | cōnstitissētis |
| 3rd pl. | cōnsistant | cōnsisterent | cōnstiterint | cōnstitissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | cōnsistitur | cōnsistēbātur | cōnsistētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | — | — | — |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | cōnsistātur | cōnsisterētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | cōnsiste | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | cōnsistite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | cōnsistitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | cōnsistitō | cōnsistitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | cōnsistitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | cōnsistuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | cōnsistere | cōnsistī |
| perfect infinitive | cōnstitisse | cōnstitum esse |
| future infinitive | cōnstitūrum esse | cōnstitum īrī |
| present participle | cōnsistēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | cōnstitum |
| future participle | cōnstitūrus cōnstitūra, cōnstitūrā, cōnstitūrae, cōnstitūram, cōnstitūrārum, cōnstitūrās, cōnstitūre, cōnstitūrī, cōnstitūrīs, cōnstitūrō, cōnstitūrōrum, cōnstitūrōs, cōnstitūrum | cōnsistendum cōnsistundum, cōnsistenda, cōnsistendā, cōnsistendae, cōnsistendam, cōnsistendārum, cōnsistendās, cōnsistende, cōnsistendīs, cōnsistendōrum, cōnsistendōs, cōnsistendus |
gerundcōnsistendī, cōnsistendō, cōnsistendumsupinecōnstitum, cōnstitū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- mente consistere
- to be calm, self-possessed.
- in orbem consistere
- to form a square.
- consistere in monte
- to take up one's position on a mountain.
- ad ancoram consistere
- to ride at anchor.
- subsistere, consistere
- to halt.
- consistere in aliqua re
- to depend upon a thing.
- in ancoris esse, stare, consistere
- to ride at anchor.
con-sisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3,
I. v. n., to place one's self anywhere, to stand still, stand, halt, stop, make a stop (very freq. and class. in prose and poetry).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.:
jam hunc non ausim praeterire, quin consistam et conloquar, Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 14: otiose nunc jam ilico hic consiste, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 2: ubi ad ipsum veni diverticulum, constiti, id. Eun. 4, 2, 7; cf. Hor. S. 1, 9, 62: uti et viatores consistere cogant, Caes. B. G. 4, 5: neque is (Demosthenes) consistens in loco, sed inambulans atque ascensu ingrediens arduo, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261: si ludius constitit aut tibicen repente conticuit, id. Har. Resp. 11, 23; cf. id. Arch. 8, 19: plura scribam ad te cum constitero: nunc eram plane in medio mari, id. Att. 5, 12, 3: constitit nusquam primo quam ad Vada venit, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2: in quibus oppidis consistere praetores et conventum agere solebant, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28: Romae post praeturam, id. ib. 2, 1, 39, § 101: ire modo ocius, interdum consistere, Hor. S. 1, 9, 9: in muro consistendi potestas erat nulli, Caes. B. G. 2, 6: omnes ordines, tota in illā contione Italia constitit, Cic. Sest. 50, 107: ad mensam consistere et ministrare, id. Tusc. 5, 21, 61; so, ad aras, Ov. M. 10, 274: ad ramos, id. ib. 10, 510: ante domum, id. ib. 2, 766: ante torum, id. ib. 15, 653: in aede, id. ib. 15, 674: in medio, id. ib. 10, 601; and with a simple abl.: limine, id. ib. 4, 486; 9, 397; Stat. Th. 1, 123; Verg. A. 1, 541: post eum, Quint. 1, 10, 27: in pedes, Sen. Ep. 121, 9: calce aliquem super ipsum debere consistere, trample on, Cels. 8, 14, 19.—B. In partic.
1. To set, become hard or solid:
frigore constitit Ister, has been frozen, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 1; cf. unda, id. M. 9, 662: sanguis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 38: alvus, Cato, R. R. 126; 156, 4; cf.: cum jam perfecte mustum deferbuit et constitit, Col. 12, 21, 3: album ex ovo, quo facilius consistat, Cels. 4, 20, 15.—2. Cum aliquo, to station or place one's self with some one for conversation, to stand with:
in hoc jam loco cum altero Constitit, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 31; id. Curc. 4, 2, 16 sq.: cum hoc consistit, hunc amplexatur, Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19.—3. To take one's place, take position, assume a place or attitude for an action, etc.;
of a musician: ut constitit, Suet. Ner. 21; of an actor: in scaenā vero postquam solus constitit, Phaedr. 5, 5, 13; of an orator: in communibus suggestis, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: Aesopus mediā subito in turbā constitit, Phaedr. 4, 5, 29; for shooting: post acer Mnestheus adducto constitit arcu, Verg. A. 5, 507; cf. of athletes, etc., id. ib. 5, 426; Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83: inter duas acies, Liv. 7, 10, 9: cum aliquo, Petr. 19, 5.—Hence, 4. Milit. t. t., to halt, make a halt, take a position, to make a stand (opp. to a march, flight, or disorder):
locus, ubi constitissent, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: qui in superiore acie constiterant, id. ib. 1, 24; cf.: in sinistrā parte acies, id. ib. 2, 23: in fluctibus, id. ib. 4, 24: sub muro, id. ib. 7, 48: juxta, id. ib. 2, 26 al.: pro opere, Sall. J. 92, 8: equites Ariovisti pari intervallo constiterunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 43: constitit utrumque agmen, Liv. 21, 46, 4: sic regii constiterant, id. 42, 58, 10 et saep.: ut reliquae (legiones) consistere non auderent, Caes. B. G. 2, 17: in locis superioribus consistere, id. ib. 3, 6: a fugā, Liv. 10, 36, 11: naves eorum nostris adversae constiterunt, Caes. B. G. 3, 14.—5. Jurid. t. t., to appear as accuser before a court of justice:
cum debitoribus, Dig. 5, 3, 49: cum matre, Sen. Ira, 2, 7, 3: adversus dominos, Dig. 5, 1, 53.—7. To have a stand as a dealer, occupy a place of business:
ede ubi consistas, Juv. 3, 296: in tabernā, Varr. L. L. 5, § 5 Müll.: IN SCHOLA, Inscr. Orell. 4085; cf.: locum consistendi Romanis in Galliā non fore, Caes. B. G. 7, 37; 7, 42.—II. Trop.
A. In gen., to rest, remain, stand, Lucr. 2, 332; cf. id. 2, 322:
patiamini eo transire illius turpitudinis infamiam, ubi cetera maleficia consistunt, Cic. Clu. 30, 83; cf.: ut unde orta culpa esset, ibi poena consisteret, Liv. 28, 26, 3: ante oculos rectum pietasque pudorque constiterant, Ov. M. 7, 73. —B. In partic.
1. To pause, to dwell upon, delay, stop:
in uno nomine, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95: ipsa mihi veritas manum inicit et paulisper consistere et commorari cogit, id. Rosc. Com. 16, 48; cf. id. de Or. 3, 31, 124: in singulis, id. Part. Or. 35, 120.—Impers. pass.: ista quae spectantur, ad quae consistitur, Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 4.—2. (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To be or remain firm, unshaken, immovable, steadfast, to be at rest, to stand one's ground, to continue, endure, subsist, be, exist:
mente consistere, Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 68; so, neque mente nec linguā neque ore, id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2: praeclare in forensibus causis, id. Or. 9, 30: in dicendo, id. Clu. 39, 108: verbo quidem superabis me ipso judice, re autem ne consistes quidem ullo judice, id. Caecin. 21, 59; cf. of the cause itself: quia magistratus aliquis reperiebatur, apud quem Alfeni causa consisteret, id. Quint. 22, 71; cf. also: modo ut tibi constiterit fructus otii tui, id. Fam. 7, 1, 1: in quo (viro) non modo culpa nulla, sed ne suspitio quidem potuit consistere, id. Rosc. Am. 52, 152; cf. id. Clu. 29, 78: confiteor ... me consistere in meo praesidio sic, ut non fugiendi hostis sed capiendi loci causā cessisse videar, id. de Or. 2, 72, 294: vitam consistere tutam, to remain, continue safe, Lucr. 6, 11 Lachm. N. cr.: constitit in nullā qui fuit ante color, Ov. A. A. 1, 120: sunt certi denique fines, Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum, Hor. S. 1, 1, 107; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 68: quales cum vertice celso Aëriae quercus constiterunt, Verg. A. 3, 679: nullo in loco, nullā in personā ... consistunt (ista quae vires atque opes humanae vocantur), Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 7: spes est hunc miserum aliquando tandem posse consistere, to take a firm stand (the figure derived from fleeing soldiers), Cic. Quint. 30, 94: si prohibent consistere vires, Ov. M. 7, 573.—* 3. Cum aliquo, to agree with: videsne igitur Zenonem tuum cum Aristone verbis consistere, re dissidere, cum Aristotele et illis re consentire, verbis discrepare, Cic. Fin. 4, 26, 72.—
4. In gen., to be, exist:
vix binos oratores laudabiles constitisse, Cic. Brut. 97, 333: sine agricultoribus nec consistere mortales nec ali posse manifestum est, Col. 1, praef. § 6; Varr. R. R. 3, 8 fin.: quadringentis centum Venerios non posse casu consistere, to occur, lake place, be thrown, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48: summa studia officii inter nos certatim constiterunt, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 3: sed non in te quoque constitit idem Exitus, take or have place, Ov. M. 12, 297.—(b). With in, ex, or the simple abl. (in Quint. also with circa and inter; v. infra), to consist in or of, to depend upon:
major pars victūs eorum in lacte, caseo, carne consistit, Caes. B. G. 6, 22: omnis per se natura duabus Constitit in rebus, Lucr. 1, 420: e quibus haec rerum summa consistat, id. 1, 236; so with ex, id. 1, 839; 1, 873 al.; with abl.: deveniunt in talis disposturas, Qualibus haec rerum consistit summa, id. 1, 1028; 5, 61; 5, 66: vita omnis in venationibus atque in studiis rei militaris consistit, Caes. B. G. 6, 21: in eo salus et vita optimi cujusque consistit, Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 19: in hoc summa judicii causaque tota consistit, id. Quint. 9, 32; cf. id. de Or. 1, 40, 182: causam belli in personā tuā, id. Phil. 2, 22, 53: in quibus vita beata, id. Tusc. 5, 14, 40: in unā honestate omne bonum, id. ib. 5, 14, 42: in nomine controversia, Quint. 7, 3, 7; 8, 3, 57: in actu rhetoricen, id. 2, 18, 2; 6, 3, 42: spes omnis consistebat Datami in se locique naturā, Nep. Dat. 8, 3.—With abl., Quint. 12, 10, 59: omnis quaestio circa res personasque consistere videtur, id. 3, 5, 7; 6, 3, 19: quaestio inter utile atque honestum consistet, id. 3, 8, 24. —5. As opp. to progressive motion, to come to a stand, stand still, stop, rest, take rest, cease:
sola Ubi quiesco, omnis familiae causa consistit tibi, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 9: omnis administratio belli consistit, Caes. B. C. 2, 12: vel concidat omne caelum omnisque terra consistat necesse est, Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54: forensium rerum labor et ambitionis occupatio constitisset, id. de Or. 1, 1, 1: usura, id. Att. 6, 1, 7: διάρροια, id. Fam. 7, 26, 2; cf.: videndum, morbus an increscat, an consistat, an minuatur, remains unchanged, Cels. 3, 2; and: cursus pituitae, id. 6, 6: cum ad Trebiam terrestre constitisset bellum, Liv. 21, 49, 1: cum bellum Ligustinum ad Pisas constitisset, id. 35, 4, 1; 22, 32, 4: infractaque constitit ira, Ov. M. 6, 627: Gaius ejusque posteri in equestri ordine constitere usque ad Augusti patrem, Suet. Aug. 2; cf.: maledictum, quod intra verba constitit, stopped at, went no farther than, Quint. Decl. 279.!*? Consisto as v. a. = constituo formerly stood Lucr. 6, 11; Sall. J. 49, 6; but these passages are corrected in recent editions. It is now found only Gell. 5, 10, 9, a doubtful passage, where Hertz reads: cum ad judices coniiciendae [consistendae] causae gratiā venissent.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cōn-sistō stitī, stitus, ere,
to stand still, stand, halt, stop, take a stand, post oneself: hic, T.: Ubi veni, T.: consistimus, H.: viatores consistere cogant, Cs.: bestiae cantu flectuntur atque consistunt: in oppidis: ire modo ocius, interdum consistere, H.: in muro, get footing, Cs.: ad aras, O.: ante domum, O.: in aede, O.: cum hoc, at the side of: limine, O.: rota constitit orbis, stood still, V.—To set, grow hard, become solid: frigore constitit unda, has been frozen, O.: sanguis.—To take a stand, take position, assume an attitude, stand forth, set oneself: in scaenā, Ph.: in communibus suggestis: mediā harenā, V.: in digitos adrectus, V.: inter duas acies, L.: quocumque modo, in whatever attitude, O.: quales quercūs Constiterunt, stand up in a body, V.—Of troops, to stand, form, halt, make a halt, take position, be posted, make a stand: in superiore acie, Cs.: in fluctibus, Cs.: pro castris, form, S.: pari intervallo, Cs.: a fugā, L.: in orbem, Cs.: quadratum in agmen (acies), Tb.: naves eorum nostris adversae constiterunt, Cs. — To abide, stay, settle, tarry, have a place of business: negotiandi causā ibi, Cs.: locus consistendi in Galliā, Cs.: Latio consistere Teucros, room for, V.: primā terrā, on the very shore, V.: ede ubi consistas, Iu.—Fig., to pause, dwell, delay, stop: in uno nomine: paulisper.—To be firm, stand unshaken, be steadfast, continue, endure, subsist, find a footing: mente: in dicendo: in quo (viro) culpa nulla potuit consistere, rest upon: Quos (finīs) ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum, H.: si prohibent consistere vires, O.—To agree: cum Aristone verbis consistere, re dissidere. — To be, exist, occur, take place: vix binos oratores laudabiles constitisse: sed non in te quoque constitit idem Exitus, O.: ut unde culpa orta esset, ibi poena consisteret, fall, L.: ante oculos rectum pietasque Constiterant, stood forth, O.—To consist in, consist of, depend upon: pars victūs in lacte consistit, Cs.: (rem p.) in unius animā: in unā virtute spes, Cs.: causa belli in personā tuā.—To come to a stand, stand still, stop, cease: omnis administratio belli consistit, Cs.: natura consistat necesse est: consistere usura debuit: bellum, L.: infractaque constitit ira, O.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincōnsistō
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Italic *sistō Latin sistō Latin cōnsistō From con- + sistō (“to cause to stand; to stand”).
Descendants
- Catalanconsistir
- Italianconsistere
- Frenchconsisterfrom Middle French consister
- Romanianconsistafrom Middle French consister
- Englishconsistfrom Middle French consister
- Portugueseconsistir
- Spanishconsistir
- Albaniankonsistoj
- Galicianconsistir
- Scotsconseestfrom Middle French consister
In English words that came into English from cōnsistō
- consistentconsistens
- consistorialcōnsistōriālis
- consistoryconsistorium