absto

See also: abstõ

Latin[edit]

From ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ stō (“stand; remain”).

abstō (present infinitive abstāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem, impersonal in the passive

(intransitive, usually used with longe) to stand off or at a distance from, stand aloof
Synonym: dissideō

Antonym: īnstō

Conjugation of abstō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abstō	abstās	abstat	abstāmus	abstātis	abstant
	imperfect	abstābam	abstābās	abstābat	abstābāmus	abstābātis	abstābant
	future	abstābō	abstābis	abstābit	abstābimus	abstābitis	abstābunt
passive	present	—	—	abstātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	abstābātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	abstābitur	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abstem	abstēs	abstet	abstēmus	abstētis	abstent
active	imperfect	abstārem	abstārēs	abstāret	abstārēmus	abstārētis	abstārent
passive	present	—	—	abstētur	—	—	—
passive	imperfect	—	—	abstārētur	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abstā	—	—	abstāte	—
active	future	—	abstātō	abstātō	—	abstātōte	abstantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abstāre	—	—	abstārī	—	—
participles		abstāns	—	—	—	—	abstandum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		abstandī	abstandō	abstandum	abstandō	—	—

Related terms

“absto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“absto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
absto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.