insto
See also: instó
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.stoː/, [ˈĩː.stoː]
Verb
īnstō (present infinitive īnstāre, perfect active īnstitī, supine īnstātum); first conjugation, limited passive
- (transitive, intransitive) I stand upon, set foot on.
- (transitive, intransitive, with accusative or dative) I assail, press upon, harass.
- (intransitive, with dative) I urge, pursue, insist.
- (transitive) I urge (forward), ply.
- (intransitive) I am pressing, draw nigh, approach, threaten.
Inflection
Descendants
- English: instant
References
- insto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- insto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a war is imminent: bellum impendet, imminet, instat
- to press the fugitives: fugientibus instare
- a war is imminent: bellum impendet, imminet, instat
- insto in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- instant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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