resisto

Verb

resisto

1. first-person singular present indicative of resistere

Anagrams

• estorsi, estrosi, risteso, tossire

Etymology

From re- (“back, again”) +‎ sistō (“I place, I stand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈsis.toː/, [rɛˈs̠ɪs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈsis.to/, [reˈs̬ist̪o]

Usage notes

Takes its object in the dative.

Verb

resistō (present infinitive resistere, perfect active restitī); third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

1. to stand back, remain standing somewhere; stand still, halt, stop, stay; remain, continue
2. to rise or stand up again
3. (usually in military language) to withstand, oppose, resist; make opposition or resistance (+ dative)

   Synonyms: adversor, obversor, obstō, vetō, dīvertō, officiō, recūsō, restō, repugnō, refrāgor, subsistō, oppōnō

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.24:

     ut alii eruptionibus resisterent

     That the others should resist the sallies [of enemy]

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.598–600:

     “‘[...] Quōs omnēs undique Grāiae
     circum errant aciēs; et nī mea cūra resistat,
     iam flammae tulerint inimīcus et hauserit ēnsīs.”

     “‘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.)

References

• “resisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “resisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• resisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to struggle against grief: dolori resistere
    

Verb

resisto

1. first-person singular present indicative of resistir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈsisto/ [reˈsis.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -isto
• Syllabification: re‧sis‧to

Verb

resisto

1. first-person singular present indicative of resistir