verbthird conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive
resistō
resistō (present infinitive resistere, perfect active restitī)
Classical[rɛˈsɪs.toː]Ecclesiastical[reˈs̬is.to]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- impersonalto stand back, remain standing somewhere; stand still, halt, stop, stay; remain, continue
- impersonalto rise or stand up again
- impersonalregionalto withstand, oppose, resist; make opposition or resistance (+ dative)
ut alii eruptionibus resisterent
That the others should resist the sallies [of enemy]c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico VII.24“‘[...] Quōs omnēs undique Grāiae circum errant aciēs; et nī mea cūra resistat,
“‘And everywhere all around them the Greek battalions range; and without my care opposing [the onslaught], [by] now they would have suffered the flames, and hostile swords would have drained [their blood].’” (Venus is protecting the family of Aeneas.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.598–600
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
contrā stō nec cēdō; hostibus resistere.resistō -ere — in Mille Verba, Bellum et Arma
resist; halt
resistō -ere, -stitī — in De Bello Gallico II and De Bello Gallico III
resists
resistit — in Seneca, ch. IV
Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | resistō | resistēbam | resistam | restitī | restiteram | restiterō |
| 2nd sg. | resistis | resistēbās | resistēs | restitistī | restiterās | restiteris |
| 3rd sg. | resistit | resistēbat | resistet | restitit | restiterat | restiterit |
| 1st pl. | resistimus | resistēbāmus | resistēmus | restitimus | restiterāmus | restiterimus |
| 2nd pl. | resistitis | resistēbātis | resistētis | restitistis | restiterātis | restiteritis |
| 3rd pl. | resistunt | resistēbant | resistent | restitērunt restitēre | restiterant | restiterint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | resistam | resisterem | restiterim | restitissem |
| 2nd sg. | resistās | resisterēs | restiterīs | restitissēs |
| 3rd sg. | resistat | resisteret | restiterit | restitisset |
| 1st pl. | resistāmus | resisterēmus | restiterīmus | restitissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | resistātis | resisterētis | restiterītis | restitissētis |
| 3rd pl. | resistant | resisterent | restiterint | restitissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | resistitur | resistēbātur | resistētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | — | — | — |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | resistātur | resisterētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | resiste | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | resistite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | resistitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | resistitō | resistitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | resistitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | resistuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | resistere | resistī |
| perfect infinitive | restitisse | — |
| present participle | resistēns | — |
| future participle | — | resistendum resistundum |
gerundresistendī, resistendō, resistendum
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- dolori resistere
- to struggle against grief.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
re-sistō stitī, —, ere,
to stand back, remain standing, stand still, halt, stop, stay, stay behind, remain, continue: Resiste! Halt! T.: ad haec revocantis verbis resistit, O.: restitere Romani, tamquam caelesti voce iussi, L.: ibi, Cs.: in regno, Cs.: nihil est ubi lapsi resistamus, make a stand again: pugnandi causā, Cs.: nec ante restitit, quam, etc., L.: cernes saepe resistere equos, O.— Fig., to pause, stop, stay: nec resistet (vita) extra forīs in hoc, pause here: Ad thalami clausas forīs, O.: mediā in voce, V.—In war, to withstand, oppose, resist, make opposition: resistere neque deprecari, Cs.: aegre, Cs.: caeco Marte, V.: ibi, S.: resistendi occasio, Cu.: eādem ratione quā pridie ab nostris resistitur, Cs.: cum legiones hostibus resisterent, Cs.: signa inferentibus, Cs.: ei in acie, N.—To resist, oppose, reply, contend against: restitit et pervicit Cato: resistentibus collegis, S.: vi contra vim, L.: cum a Cottā acriter resisteretur, Cs.: vix deorum opibus, quin obruatur Romana res, resisti posse, L.: consilia, quibus illi tribuno pro re p. restitissem: defensioni, i. e. reply: factioni inimicorum, S.: sceleri, O.: omnibus his (sententiis) resistitur, Cs.: cui nec virtute resisti potest, O.: ne pestis removeretur: domus potuit resistere tanto Indeiecta malo, O.: vis tribunicia libidini restitit consulari.—Fig., to stand up again, rise again: post ex fluvio fortuna resistet, Enn. ap. C.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinresistō
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Italic *sistō Latin sistō Latin resistō From re- (“back, again”) + sistō (“to stop; to stand”).
Descendants
- Catalanresistir
- Englishresist
- Frenchrésister
- Italianresistere
- Portugueseresistir
- Spanishresistir
- Galicianresistir
- Piedmonteseresiste
- Sicilianrisìstiri