consto

See also: constò and constó

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɔns.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈkɔns.to]

Verb

consto

1. first-person singular present indicative of constar

Italian

Verb

consto

1. first-person singular present indicative of constare

Anagrams

• sconto, scontò

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.stoː/, [ˈkõːs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.sto/, [ˈkɔnst̪o]

Verb

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

1. to stand together
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii 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

Conjugation of cōnstō (first conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnstō	cōnstās	cōnstat	cōnstāmus	cōnstātis	cōnstant
	imperfect	cōnstābam	cōnstābās	cōnstābat	cōnstābāmus	cōnstābātis	cōnstābant
	future	cōnstābō	cōnstābis	cōnstābit	cōnstābimus	cōnstābitis	cōnstābunt
	perfect	cōnstitī	cōnstitistī	cōnstitit	cōnstitimus	cōnstitistis	cōnstitērunt, cōnstitēre
	pluperfect	cōnstiteram	cōnstiterās	cōnstiterat	cōnstiterāmus	cōnstiterātis	cōnstiterant
	future perfect	cōnstiterō	cōnstiteris	cōnstiterit	cōnstiterimus	cōnstiteritis	cōnstiterint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnstem	cōnstēs	cōnstet	cōnstēmus	cōnstētis	cōnstent
	imperfect	cōnstārem	cōnstārēs	cōnstāret	cōnstārēmus	cōnstārētis	cōnstārent
	perfect	cōnstiterim	cōnstiterīs	cōnstiterit	cōnstiterīmus	cōnstiterītis	cōnstiterint
	pluperfect	cōnstitissem	cōnstitissēs	cōnstitisset	cōnstitissēmus	cōnstitissētis	cōnstitissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnstā	—	—	cōnstāte	—
	future	—	cōnstātō	cōnstātō	—	cōnstātōte	cōnstantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnstāre	cōnstitisse	cōnstātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		cōnstāns	—	cōnstātūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnstandī	cōnstandō	cōnstandum	cōnstandō	cōnstātum	cōnstātū

Descendants

• Eastern Romance
  • Aromanian: custã, custu
  • Romanian: custa
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Istriot: custà
  • Italian: costare
    • → Romanian: costa
  • Neapolitan: costare
  • Sicilian: custari
• Old French: coster, couster
  • Middle French: couster
    • French: coûter
  • Norman: couôter, coûtaïr
  • → Dutch: kosten
  • → Middle English: costen
    • English: cost
    • Scots: cost
  • → Middle High German: kosten
    • Cimbrian: khostan, khòstan
    • German: kosten
    • Mòcheno: kosten
• Old Occitan: costar
  • Catalan: costar
  • Occitan: costar
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian: costâ
  • Ladin: coster
  • Romansch: custar, custair, cuostair
• Sardinian: costai, costare, costari
• Venetian: costar, gostar
• West Iberian
  • Asturian: costar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: costar, custar
    • Galician: costar
    • Portuguese: custar
  • Old Spanish: costar
    • Spanish: costar

Borrowings

• → Albanian: kushtoj
• → Catalan: constar
• → French: constat
• → Italian: constare
• → Portuguese: constar
• → Romanian: consta
• → Spanish: constar

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^[1], 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