LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems except in the future active participle

exstō

exstō (present infinitive exstāre, future active participle exstātūrus)
Classical[ˈɛks(ː)toː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛks.sto]

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto stand out or project
  2. intransitiveto be prominent or conspicuous
  3. intransitiveto exist
  4. intransitiveto be extant
  5. transitiveto overpower, dominate

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

forās stō, super cētera surgō
exstō -āre — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 6

Conjugation conjugation 1 future perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.exstōexstābamexstābō——exstārō
2nd sg.exstāsexstābāsexstābis———
3rd sg.exstatexstābatexstābit—exstāratexstārit
1st pl.exstāmusexstābāmusexstābimus———
2nd pl.exstātisexstābātisexstābitis———
3rd pl.exstantexstābantexstābuntexstāruntexstārantexstārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.exstemexstārem——
2nd sg.exstēsexstārēs—exstāssēs
3rd sg.exstetexstāretexstāritexstāsset
1st pl.exstēmusexstārēmus——
2nd pl.exstētisexstārētis——
3rd pl.exstentexstārentexstārintexstāssent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.exstā—
pres. 2nd pl.exstāte—
fut. 2nd sg.exstātō—
fut. 3rd sg.exstātō—
fut. 2nd pl.exstātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.exstantō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexstāre—
perfect infinitiveexstāsse
exstāvisse
—
future infinitiveexstātūrum esse—
present participleexstāns—
perfect participle—exstāta
exstātā, exstātae, exstātam, exstātārum, exstātās, exstātī, exstātōrum, exstātōs, exstātum, exstātus
future participleexstātūrus
exstātūra, exstātūrā, exstātūrae, exstātūram, exstātūrārum, exstātūrās, exstātūre, exstātūrī, exstātūrīs, exstātūrō, exstātūrōrum, exstātūrōs, exstātūrum
exstanda
exstandā, exstandae, exstandam, exstandārum, exstandās, exstande, exstandīs, exstandōrum, exstandōs, exstandus
gerundexstandī, exstandō, exstandum

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ex aqua exstare
to stand out of the water.
apparet et exstat
it is quite manifest.
exstat atque eminet
it is quite manifest.
exstat liber (notice the order of the words)
the book is still extant.

ex-sto (ext-), āre, v. n. (
I. part. fut. exstaturus, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 7; Pand. 47, 2, 78 al.), to stand out or forth, to project, to stand above.
I. Prop.: (milites) cum capite solo ex aqua exstarent, Caes. B. G. 5, 18, 5; for which: super aequora celso collo, Ov. M. 11, 358: aquis (navis), id. Tr. 5, 11, 14; cf. absol., Caes. B. C. 1, 62, 2: ferrum de pectore, Ov. M. 9 128: de arbore (surculus), Col. 5, 11, 5: ossa sub incurvis lumbis, Ov. M. 8, 807: aedificia modice ab humo exstantia, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 89: paulum supra terram, Gell. 19, 13, 3.—Poet. with acc.: aliquem, to overtop, Stat. S. 1, 2, 116.—
B. Trop. (syn.: emineo, eniteo), to be prominent, stand forth, be conspicuous: quo magis id, quod erit illuminatum. exstare atque eminere videatur, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101: haec enitere et exstare aliquatenus, Quint. 8, 5, 29: arma tubaeque sonent, vox et tua noctibus exstet, predominate, be heard above, Val. Fl. 5, 252.—
II. Meton. (causa pro effectu), to be visible, show itself, appear; to be extant, to exist, to be (most freq., esp. of inanim. and abstr. subjects): hominum nemo exstat, qui, etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 142: auctor doctrinae ejus non exstat, Liv. 1, 18, 2. pecunia, cujus auctor non exstat, Quint. 7, 2, 57: Sarmenti domina exstat, still lives, Hor. S. 1, 5, 55: exstant hujus fortitudinis impressa vestigia, Cic. Balb. 5, 13: exstant epistolae Philippi ad Alexandrum, id. Off. 2, 14, 48: litterae, id. Inv. 1, 39, 70: leges, id. Rep. 5, 2 fin.: orationes, Quint. 10, 7, 30: clarorum virorum non minus otii quam negotii rationem exstare oportere, Cato ap. Cic. Planc. 27, 66: sine oculis non potest exstare officium et munus oculorum, Cic. Div. 1, 32, 71; 2, 52, 107: video hoc in numero neminem, cujus non exstet in me suum meritum, id. Planc. 1, 2: studium nostrum, id. Fam. 1, 8, 7.—
(b). Impers., with a subject or rel.-clause (very rare): quem vero exstet et de quo sit memoriae proditum eloquentem fuisse, etc., Cic. Brut. 15, 57: apparet atque exstat, utrum simus earum (artium) rudes an didicerimus, id. de Or. 1, 16, 72—Hence, ex-stans, ntis, P. a., projecting, prominent; comp. partes exstantiores, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 3.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexstō

Latin ex- Latin stō Latin exstō From ex- + stō.

In English words that came into English from exstō

  • extantextantem

Quick answers

What does exstō mean in Latin?
exstō, a verb, means “to stand out or project; to be prominent or conspicuous; to exist”.
What are the principal parts of exstō?
exstō, exstāre, exstātūrus (first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems except in the future active participle).
How do you pronounce exstō?
In classical Latin, [ˈɛks(ː)toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɛks.sto].
Where does exstō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin exstō.