assisto

assisto

1. first-person singular present indicative of assistere

• ostassi, tosassi

• adsistō

ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ sistō (“stand, be placed”)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈsis.toː/, [äs̠ˈs̠ɪs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈsis.to/, [äsˈsist̪o]

assistō (present infinitive assistere, perfect active astitī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to place oneself somewhere, stand (at or by), post oneself; approach, come upon; stop or halt in a position
2. to defend, assist, aid

   Synonyms: adiūtō, iuvō, adiuvō, succurrō, foveō, sublevō, prōficiō, prōsum, adsum

   Antonym: officiō

3. to stand before one on trial or in judgement

• assistentia

• “assisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• adsisto (ass-) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, pages 57–8.
• “assistō” on page 189 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “assistere”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 66/1

assisto

1. first-person singular present indicative of assistir