consto

See also: constò and constó

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

consto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of constar

Italian

Verb

consto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of constare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *komstaēō. Equivalent to con- (together) + stō (stand).

Pronunciation

Verb

cōnstō (present infinitive cōnstāre, perfect active cōnstitī, supine cōnstātum); first conjugation, no passive

  1. to stand together
    • Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 28:
      In foro ac locis patentioribus [...] constiterunt
      They stood together in the marketplace and the more open places
  2. to stand still; to remain the same; stand firm
    Synonyms: sistō, persistō, remaneō, maneō, stō, haereō
  3. to agree, correspond, fit
    Synonyms: concordō, condīcō, conveniō, cōnsentiō, assentiō, concurrō, congruō, pangō
    Antonyms: dissentiō, dissideō, discordō, variō, abhorreō
  4. to be certain, decided, consistent
    Antonyms: errō, pendeō, dubitō, fluitō, vagor
  5. (used impersonally) to be well known
    cōnstat
  6. to consist, to be composed of
    • c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris:
      carrus plumbi constat ex triginta fotmallis
      The fother of lead is formed from thirty fotmals.
  7. to cost (with ablative)
    Multō sanguine victōria nōbīs cōnstitit.
    The victory cost us much blood.
    Quantī cōnstat?
    How much does it cost?

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

Borrowings

References

  • consto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • consto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • consto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • I am losing my eyesight and getting deaf: neque auribus neque oculis satis consto
    • to be composed of; to consist of: constare ex aliqua re
    • it is a recognised fact: inter omnes constat
    • I have not made up my mind: mihi non constat (with indirect question)
    • to contradict oneself, be inconsistent: a se dissidere or sibi non constare (of persons)
    • to compose oneself with difficulty: mente vix constare (Tusc. 4. 17. 39)
    • to be consistent: sibi constare, constantem esse
    • a thing costs much, little: aliquid magno, parvo stat, constat
    • a thing costs nothing: aliquid nihilo or gratis constat
    • the accounts balance: ratio alicuius rei constat (convenit, par est)

Portuguese

Verb

consto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of constar

Spanish

Verb

consto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of constar
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