Latin

Verb

īnstō ‎(present infinitive īnstāre, perfect active īnstitī, supine īnstātum); first conjugation, limited passive

1. (transitive, intransitive) I stand upon, set foot on.
2. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative or dative) I assail, press upon, harass.
3. (intransitive, with dative) I urge, pursue, insist.
4. (transitive) I urge (forward), ply.
5. (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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “insto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a war is imminent: bellum impendet, imminet, instat
    
  • to press the fugitives: fugientibus instare
    
• 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, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Spanish

Verb

insto

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