disto

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See also: distó, distò, and d'isto

Italian

Verb

disto

first-person singular present indicative of distare

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ stō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdis.toː/, [ˈd̪ɪs̠t̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdis.to/, [ˈd̪ist̪o]

Verb

distō (present infinitive distāre, perfect active distitī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

(intransitive) to stand apart; to be distant
Synonym: dissideō

Antonyms: īnstō, contingō, astō, immineō
to differ
Synonyms: dissideō, abhorreō, differō

Conjugation

The perfect forms like distitī are rare, occurring only post-Classically and only in Ennodius and Boethius.

Conjugation of distō (first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	distō	distās		distat	distāmus	distātis		distant
	imperfect	distābam	distābās		distābat	distābāmus	distābātis		distābant
	future	distābō	distābis		distābit	distābimus	distābitis		distābunt
	perfect	distitī	distitistī		distitit	distitimus	distitistis		distitērunt, distitēre
	pluperfect	distiteram	distiterās		distiterat	distiterāmus	distiterātis		distiterant
	future perfect	distiterō	distiteris		distiterit	distiterimus	distiteritis		distiterint
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	distem	distēs		distet	distēmus	distētis		distent
	imperfect	distārem	distārēs		distāret	distārēmus	distārētis		distārent
	perfect	distiterim	distiterīs		distiterit	distiterīmus	distiterītis		distiterint
	pluperfect	distitissem	distitissēs		distitisset	distitissēmus	distitissētis		distitissent
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	distā		—	—	distāte		—
active	future	—	distātō		distātō	—	distātōte		distantō
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		distāre		—		distāns		—
perfect		distitisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		distandī	distandō		distandum	distandō	—		—

Descendants

Catalan: distar
Galician: distar
Italian: distare
Portuguese: distar
Spanish: distar
→ Old Irish: di·tá (calque)

References

“disto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“disto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
disto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be equidistant: paribus intervallis distare
Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒis.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiʃ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒis.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdiʃ.tu/

Rhymes: (Brazil) -istu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtu
Hyphenation: dis‧to

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

d'isto (pre-standardization spelling)

Contraction

disto n

Contraction of de isto (“of/from this thing”): neuter of deste

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

disto

first-person singular present indicative of distar

Spanish

Verb

disto

first-person singular present indicative of distar

		pronouns					adverbs
		singular		plural		neuter
		masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine	neuter
proximal	X	este	esta	estes	estas	isto	aqui, cá
	de + X	deste	desta	destes	destas	disto	daqui
	em + X	neste	nesta	nestes	nestas	nisto	—
medial	X	esse	essa	esses	essas	isso	aí
	de + X	desse	dessa	desses	dessas	disso	daí
	em + X	nesse	nessa	nesses	nessas	nisso	—
distal	X	aquele	aquela	aqueles	aquelas	aquilo	ali, lá, acolá
	de + X	daquele	daquela	daqueles	daquelas	daquilo	dali, dacolá
	em + X	naquele	naquela	naqueles	naquelas	naquilo	—
	a + X	àquele	àquela	àqueles	àquelas	àquilo	—
anaphoric	X	o	a	os	as	—	—
	de + X	do	da	dos	das
	em + X	no	na	nos	nas
	a + X	ao	à	aos	às