Italian

Verb

consto

1. first-person singular present indicative of constare

Anagrams

• sconto, scontò

Latin

Etymology

From con- ‎(“together”) +‎ stō ‎(“stand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.stoː/, [ˈkõː.stoː]

Verb

cōnstō ‎(present infinitive cōnstāre, perfect active cōnstitī, supine cōnstātum); first conjugation

1. to stand together
2. to stand still; to remain the same; stand firm
3. to agree, correspond, fit
4. to be certain, decided, agreed upon, consistent
5. to consist, to be composed of
   • c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris

     carrus plumbi constat ex triginta fotmallis

     The fother of lead is formed from thirty fotmals.

Inflection

Descendants

References

• consto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• consto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “consto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I am losing my eyesight and getting deaf: neque auribus neque oculis satis consto
    
  • to be composed of; to consist of: constare ex aliqua re
    
  • it is a recognised fact: inter omnes constat
    
  • I have not made up my mind: mihi non constat (with indirect question)
    
  • to contradict oneself, be inconsistent: a se dissidere or sibi non constare (of persons)
    
  • to compose oneself with difficulty: mente vix constare (Tusc. 4. 17. 39)
    
  • to be consistent: sibi constare, constantem esse
    
  • a thing costs much, little: aliquid magno, parvo stat, constat
    
  • a thing costs nothing: aliquid nihilo or gratis constat
    
  • the accounts balance: ratio alicuius rei constat (convenit, par est)
    

Spanish

Verb

consto

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