verbthird conjugation, no passive
exsistō
exsistō (present infinitive exsistere, perfect active exstitī, supine exstitum)
Classical[ɛksˈsɪs.toː]Ecclesiastical[eksˈsis.to]
Meaning
- to be, exist
- to appear, arise, emerge
- to become
- there is, there are
- to stand out (as), to stand out in regard to (+ dative)
- to be manifest, to be apparent or appear
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
arise, appear
exsistō -ere, -stitī — in De Bello Gallico III
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | exsistō | exsistēbam | exsistam | exstitī | exstiteram | exstiterō |
| 2nd sg. | exsistis | exsistēbās | exsistēs | exstitistī | exstiterās | exstiteris |
| 3rd sg. | exsistit | exsistēbat | exsistet | exstitit | exstiterat | exstiterit |
| 1st pl. | exsistimus | exsistēbāmus | exsistēmus | exstitimus | exstiterāmus | exstiterimus |
| 2nd pl. | exsistitis | exsistēbātis | exsistētis | exstitistis | exstiterātis | exstiteritis |
| 3rd pl. | exsistunt | exsistēbant | exsistent | exstitērunt exstitēre | exstiterant | exstiterint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | exsistam | exsisterem | exstiterim | exstitissem |
| 2nd sg. | exsistās | exsisterēs | exstiterīs | exstitissēs |
| 3rd sg. | exsistat | exsisteret | exstiterit | exstitisset |
| 1st pl. | exsistāmus | exsisterēmus | exstiterīmus | exstitissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | exsistātis | exsisterētis | exstiterītis | exstitissētis |
| 3rd pl. | exsistant | exsisterent | exstiterint | exstitissent |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | exsiste | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | exsistite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | exsistitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | exsistitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | exsistitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | exsistuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | exsistere | — |
| perfect infinitive | exstitisse | — |
| future infinitive | exstitūrum esse | — |
| present participle | exsistēns | — |
| future participle | exstitūrus exstitūra, exstitūrā, exstitūrae, exstitūram, exstitūrārum, exstitūrās, exstitūre, exstitūrī, exstitūrīs, exstitūrō, exstitūrōrum, exstitūrōs, exstitūrum | — |
gerundexsistendī, exsistendō, exsistendumsupineexstitum, exstitū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- hoc loco exsistit quaestio, quaeritur
- at this point the question arises.
ex-sisto or existo, stĭti, stĭtum, 3, v. n. (
I. act. August. Civ. D. 14, 13), to step out or forth, to come forth, emerge, appear (very freq. and class.).
I. Prop.
A. In gen.:
e latebris, Liv. 25, 21, 3: ab inferis, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 37, § 94; Liv. 39, 37, 3: anguem ab ara exstitisse, Cic. Div. 2, 80 fin.; cf.: vocem ab aede Junonis ex arce exstitisse (shortly before: voces ex occulto missae; and: exaudita vox est a luco Vestae), id. ib. 1, 45, 101: est bos cervi figura, cujus a media fronte inter aures unum cornu exsistit excelsius, Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1: submersus equus voraginibus non exstitit, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107: nympha gurgite medio, Ov. M. 5, 413: hoc vero occultum, intestinum ac domesticum malum, non modo non exsistit, verum, etc., does not come to light, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 39.—B. In partic., with the accessory notion of originating, to spring, proceed, arise, become:
vermes de stercore, Lucr. 2, 871: quae a bruma sata sunt, quadragesimo die vix exsistunt, Varr. R. R. 1, 34, 1: ut si qui dentes et pubertatem natura dicat exsistere, ipsum autem hominem, cui ea exsistant, non constare natura, non intelligat, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 33 fin.: ex hac nimia licentia ait ille, ut ex stirpe quadam, exsistere et quasi nasci tyrannum, id. Rep. 1, 44; id. Off. 2, 23, 80; cf.: ex luxuria exsistat avaritia necesse est, id. Rosc. Am. 27, 75; ut exsistat ex rege dominus, ex optimatibus factio, ex populo turba et confusio, id. Rep. 1, 45: ut plerumque in calamitate ex amicis inimici exsistunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 104, 1; for which: videtisne igitur, ut de rege dominus exstiterit? etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 26: ex quo exsistit id civitatis genus, id. ib. 3, 14: hujus ex uberrimis sermonibus exstiterunt doctissimi viri, id. Brut. 8, 31; cf. id. Or. 3, 12: ex qua (disserendi ratione) summa utilitas exsistit, id. Tusc. 5, 25, 72: sermo admirantium, unde hoc philosophandi nobis subito studium exstitisset, id. N. D. 1, 3, 6: exsistit hoc loco quaestio subdifficilis, id. Lael. 19, 67: magna inter eos exsistit controversia, Caes. B. G. 5, 28, 2: poëtam bonum neminem sine inflammatione animorum exsistere posse, Cic. de Or. 2, 46 fin.: exsistit illud, ut, etc., it ensues, follows, that, etc., id. Fin. 5, 23, 67; cf.: ex quo exsistet, ut de nihilo quippiam fiat, id. Fat. 9, 18.II. Transf., to be visible or manifest in any manner, to exist, to be:
ut in corporibus magnae dissimilitudines sunt, sic in animis exsistunt majores etiam varietates, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 107: idque in maximis ingeniis exstitit maxime et apparet facillime, id. Tusc. 1, 15, 33: si exstitisset in rege fides, id. Rab. Post. 1, 1: cujus magnae exstiterunt res bellicae, id. Rep. 2, 17: illa pars animi, in qua irarum exsistit ardor, id. Div. 1, 29, 61: si quando aliquod officium exstitit amici in periculis adeundis, id. Lael. 7, 24 et saep.: neque ullum ingenium tantum exstitisse dicebat, ut, etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 1; cf.: talem vero exsistere eloquentiam, qualis fuit in Crasso, etc., id. de Or. 2, 2, 6; nisi Ilias illa exstitisset, id. Arch. 10, 24: cujus ego dignitatis ab adolescentia fautor, in praetura autem et in consulatu adjutor etiam exstitissem, id. Fam. 1, 9, 11; cf.: his de causis ego huic causae patronus exstiti, id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5: timeo, ne in eum exsistam crudelior, id. Att. 10, 11, 3: sic insulsi exstiterunt, ut, etc., id. de Or. 2, 54, 217.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ex-sistō or existō stitī, —, ere,
to step out, come forth, emerge, appear: e latebris, L.: ab inferis: (bovis) a mediā fronte cornu exsistit, Cs.: nympha gurgite medio, O.: occultum malum exsistit, comes to light. — To spring, proceed, arise, become, be produced, turn into: dentes naturā exsistere: ex luxuriā exsistat avaritia: ex amicis inimici exsistunt, Cs.: pater exstitit (Caesar) huius, O.: exsistit hoc loco quaestio subdifficilis: exsistit illud, ut, etc., follows. — To be visible, be manifest, exist, be: sic in animis exsistunt varietates: si exstitisset in rege fides: nisi Ilias illa exstitisset: tanto in me amore exstitit: timeo, ne in eum exsistam crudelior.
Origins
From ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’) + sistō (“to cause to stand; to place, set; to halt, stop”).
Descendants
- Frenchexister
- Englishexistfrom French exister
- Romanianexistafrom French exister
- Italianesistere
- Sardinianesístere
- Spanishexistir
- Friulianesisti
- Ligurianexìste
- Piedmonteseesiste
In English words that came into English from exsistō
- existexsistō
- existenceexistentia