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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la sistō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ĩːˈsɪs.toː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [inˈsis.to]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''īnsistō''' (present infinitive īnsistere, perfect active īnstitī); third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive^(Wiktionary)
+ Its perfect forms cannot be told apart from those of ''īnstō''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[in-]] “on” and [[sistō]] “to stand, set”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of standing on something.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to stand or tread on, to set about a task, and to take one's stand, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) In Caesar it meant to stand firm, in Cicero to halt, stand still, in Livy to press on with something, and in Ovid to be pressing with someone.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to press on, pursue, persist, strive for.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''insistere'' and Spanish ''insistir'', and through French it gave [[en|insist]] in the 1580s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of standing on.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of standing firm.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of pressing on.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1580s – English ''insist'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To stand on, tread on.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To set about.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To take one's stand; to stand firm.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To halt, stand still.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To press on; to be pressing, [[m|en|insist]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[institiō]]
+ * [[institium]]
+ * [[īnstitor]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[absistō]]
+ * [[assistō]]
+ * [[circumsistō]]
+ * [[cōnsistō]]
+ * [[dēsistō]]
+ * [[exsistō]]
+ * [[īnstō]]
+ * [[obsistō]]
+ * [[persistō]]
+ * [[resistō]]
+ * [[sistō]]
+ * [[en|insist]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}