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Definition 2024

See also: abstõ

abstō ‎(present infinitive abstāre, perfect active abstitī); first conjugation, no passive

(intransitive, usually used with longe) I stand off or at a distance from, stand aloof.

Note that the third principal part, abstitī, can also be written as abstetī, with all of its subsequent verb forms written alike.

Conjugation of absto (first conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abstō	abstās	abstat	abstāmus	abstātis	abstant
	imperfect	abstābam	abstābās	abstābat	abstābāmus	abstābātis	abstābant
	future	abstābō	abstābis	abstābit	abstābimus	abstābitis	abstābunt
	perfect	abstitī	abstitistī	abstitit	abstitimus	abstitistis	abstitērunt, abstitēre
	pluperfect	abstiteram	abstiterās	abstiterat	abstiterāmus	abstiterātis	abstiterant
	future perfect	abstiterō	abstiteris	abstiterit	abstiterimus	abstiteritis	abstiterint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abstem	abstēs	abstet	abstēmus	abstētis	abstent
	imperfect	abstārem	abstārēs	abstāret	abstārēmus	abstārētis	abstārent
	perfect	abstiterim	abstiterīs	abstiterit	abstiterīmus	abstiterītis	abstiterint
	pluperfect	abstitissem	abstitissēs	abstitisset	abstitissēmus	abstitissētis	abstitissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abstā	—	—	abstāte	—
active	future	—	abstātō	abstātō	—	abstātōte	abstantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abstāre	abstitisse	—	—	—	—
participles		abstāns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		abstāre	abstandī	abstandō	abstandum	—	—

absto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
absto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “absto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.