What is the Latin word for stand?

The usual Latin words for “stand” are stō, cōnsistō, resistō; also collocō, dūrō, perdūrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“stand” in Latin

stōto stand; to stay, remain; to cost, to be set at, stand at (e.g., a price)cōnsistōto stop, stand, halt; to pause, linger; to harden resistōto stand back, remain standing somewhere; stand still, halt, stop, stay; remain, continue; to rise or stand up again; to collocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange; to put together, assemble; to settle dūrōto harden, make hard; to last or endure; to dry perdūrōto harden; to endure obdūrōto harden; to persist, endure or hold out sustentōto uphold, support, prop or sustain, maintain; to maintain or preserve by food, money, or other means; to keep in check,pererrōto wander through, roam or ramble over; to survey, explore, peruse maneōto stay, remain, abide; to await, wait for, expect (be in store for); to wait

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

stand v.

Intransitively, stare (general term): consistere: resistere (to stand still, halt, not to flee): collocari (of statues, etc.; not stare): durare: perdurare: obdurare: sustentare (to hold out, especially in a contest): pererrare (of plants which endure the cold of winter): manere: esse ratum (to remain unchanged; e.g., if he wished his measures to stand, si suas res gestas manere vellet, Nep., Alcib., 10). Nothing will stand of all that, etc., nihil earum rerum erit ratum, quas, etc. (Nep., Alc., 10): tears begin to stand in anybody’s eyes, lacrimae oboriuntur alicujus oculis: to stand by an agreement, stare pacto or conventis; by a promise, promissis stare; by an opinion, in sententia sua manere, permanere, perseverare: to stand by anybody, alicui non deesse; aliquem non deserere, destituere, etc.: to stand still, stare in vestigio; consistere in loco (not to walk about; opposed to inambulare); consistere, resistere (not to proceed, or to retire; opposed to procedere, fugere); subsistere (to halt, stop, of persons; e.g., in itinere; or things; e.g., a clock); insistere (to stop one’s course); non residere (not to sit down): to keep anybody standing, aliquem residere non jubere.

PHR., To stand in = to cost, stare or constare, with an ablative of the price: to stand for = to be bound for, sponsorem esse or spondere pro aliquo [Vid. BAIL, SPONSOR]: to stand high in one’s opinion or favor, esse in gratia, in honore, apud aliquem; gratissimum esse alicui; gratia plurimum valere apud aliquem: to stand on anybody’s side, stare ab aliquo; facere ab aliquo: it stands in my power, penes me est; est in mea potestate; situm est in mea potestate; mea est potestas; also, stat per aliquem (☞ but not stat apud aliquem, which is barbarous): how stand matters with you? quo loco sunt res tuae? (Terentianus): to stand out, exstare; prominere: to stand out against, resistere; obniti: to stand in awe, [Vid: To Be AFRAID]: to stand in doubt, [Vid. DOUBT, HESITATE]: to stand in need, [Vid: To NEED, WANT]: to stand on end, stare; horrere (e.g., stant arrectae horrore comae, Verg.; stant comae, ibid.: horrent capilli, Tiberius; comae, Ov.: rigent comae metu, terrore, horrore, ibid.): to stand up, surgere (to rise): to stand as a candidate, munere candidatorio fungi (Cic.); petere ambire: to stand good, manere; valere; ratum esse: to stand upon ceremony, magno apparatu aliquem accipere, excipere, colere: not to stand upon ceremony, nullo, sine ullo apparatu: simpliciter: pray do not stand upon ceremony with me, ne magno apparatu, quaeso, me accipias: one who does not stand upon ceremony, homo simplex.

Transitively, pati: perpeti (to endure, suffer; perpeti, to the end): ferre: perferre (to bear; perferre, to the end): tolerare: toleranter ferre (to endure with constancy): perfungi aliqua re (to discharge). (The words are found in this connection and order.) perpeti aliquid et perfungi: sustinere (to hold out): parem esse alicui rei (to be a match for). To stand pain, dolores perpeti, subire: to stand torture, subire cruciatum: to stand trouble, danger, molestia, periculo perfungi: to stand toil, laboribus perfungi; labores perferre: not to be able to stand anything, vinci aliqua re; succumbere or imparem esse alicui rei: that can stand anything, patiens, tolerans alicujus rei (☞ of the Silver Age): to stand fight, in acie stare ac pugnare (opposed to fugere, in castra refugere); pugnam non detrectare.

stand s.

A station, statio: locus.

A stop, mora. To be at a atand, stare; sistere: to come to a atand, subsistere.

Act of opposing or resisting, by circumlocution with verbs in OPPOSE, RESIST.

A frame, or the like, on which anything is placed, statumen: suggestus: basis: pes.

A set (e.g., a stand of arms), arma, plur.; armatura.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for stand?: The usual Latin words for “stand” are stō, cōnsistō, resistō; also collocō, dūrō, perdūrō. 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.