English → Latin
“consist” in Latin
cōnstōto stand together; to stand still; to remain the same; stand firm; to agree, correspond, fitversōto turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about, turn over; to treat, manage; to pervert, alter, changesinōto let; to permit; to allow; to put; to lay; to set downconveniōto convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together; to accost, to call on; to sue, to let be summoned to courtcongruōto come, unite, combine, run or meet together with someone; to coincide or correspond with someone or something; agree wconcordōto agree, harmonise; to bring into union
The English word consist itself goes back to Latin sistō, through consistō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
consist
to be composed of, constare: of anything, in re, or ex re, or re (general term): compositum esse (ex re), contineri aliqua re; also esse with genitive: man consists of body and soul, homo constat (ex) animo et corpore, or e corpore constat et animo; hominum genus compositum est ex animo et corpore: the gods have not bodies consisting of veins, nerves, and bones, non venis et nervis et ossibus continentur dii: a part of his property consisted of ready money, partem rei familiaris in pecunia habebat: a dactyl consists of one long and two short syllables, dactylus est e longa et duabus brevibus: the army consists of 6000 men, exercitus est militum decem milium: numerus copiarum explet decem millia.
To be comprised or contained in anything, consistere in re: contineri re or in re (the latter: i. e., with “in,” seldom, although classic; Vid: Cic., De Officiis, 3, 15, 61; Orationes in Verrem, 4, 27, 60, where we find, in aliqua re contineri atque inesse): versari: situm or positum esse (to be placed in, depend on): cerni (to show or display itself) in re: niti re or in re (to lean on anything for support): virtue consists in acting, virtus cernitur in agendo.
To be consistent with, consentire alicui rei or cum re: convenire: congruere: concordare: the former can not consist with the latter, posterius priori non convenit: not to consist with, abhorrere a aliqua re: dissentire: dissidere: discrepare. Vid: To AGREE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for consist?
- The usual Latin words for “consist” are cōnstō, versō, sinō; also conveniō, congruō, concordō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.