insisto

Italian

Verb

insisto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of insistere

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ sistō (“stand, set, place”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈsis.toː/, [ĩːˈsɪs.toː]

Verb

īnsistō (present infinitive īnsistere, perfect active īnstitī); third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

  1. (transitive) I set foot, stand, tread or press on or upon something.
  2. (transitive, with viam or iter) I enter or embark on, pursue (a way, path or journey).
  3. (with dative) I follow, pursue, press on.
  4. (intransitive) I halt, pause, stop, stand still; pause in thought, dwell upon, hesitate, doubt.
  5. (figuratively, with dative) I press upon, urge.
  6. (figuratively, with dative or accusative) I set about, devote or apply myself to, set to work (on).
  7. (figuratively, with dative or infinitive) I persevere, continue, persist in

Conjugation
   Conjugation of īnsistō (third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present īnsistō īnsistis īnsistit īnsistimus īnsistitis īnsistunt
imperfect īnsistēbam īnsistēbās īnsistēbat īnsistēbāmus īnsistēbātis īnsistēbant
future īnsistam īnsistēs īnsistet īnsistēmus īnsistētis īnsistent
perfect īnstitī īnstitistī īnstitit īnstitimus īnstitistis īnstitērunt, īnstitēre
pluperfect īnstiteram īnstiterās īnstiterat īnstiterāmus īnstiterātis īnstiterant
future perfect īnstiterō īnstiteris īnstiterit īnstiterimus īnstiteritis īnstiterint
passive present — — īnsistitur — — —
imperfect — — īnsistēbātur — — —
future — — īnsistētur — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present īnsistam īnsistās īnsistat īnsistāmus īnsistātis īnsistant
imperfect īnsisterem īnsisterēs īnsisteret īnsisterēmus īnsisterētis īnsisterent
perfect īnstiterim īnstiterīs īnstiterit īnstiterīmus īnstiterītis īnstiterint
pluperfect īnstitissem īnstitissēs īnstitisset īnstitissēmus īnstitissētis īnstitissent
passive present — — īnsistātur — — —
imperfect — — īnsisterētur — — —
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — īnsiste — — īnsistite —
future — īnsistitō īnsistitō — īnsistitōte īnsistuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives īnsistere īnstitisse — īnsistī — —
participles īnsistēns — — — — īnsistendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
īnsistendī īnsistendō īnsistendum īnsistendō — —

Descendants

See also

References
  • insisto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • insisto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • insisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to follow in any one's steps: vestigiis alicuius insistere, ingredi (also metaph.)

Portuguese

Verb

insisto

  1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of insistir

Spanish

Verb

insisto

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of insistir.
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