insto

From in- (“after”) +‎ stō (“to stand”). The meaning developed from “stand behind” to “pursue, be imminent” to “press, urge”.^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.stoː/, [ˈĩːs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.sto/, [ˈinst̪o]

īnstō (present infinitive īnstāre, perfect active īnstitī, future participle īnstātūrus); first conjugation, no supine stem except in the future active participle, limited passive

1. (transitive, intransitive) to stand upon, set foot on
2. to be nearby, close to, be imminent

   Synonyms: subsum, astō, immineo, stō, contingo, praesēns

   Antonyms: dissideō, distō, abstō

3. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative or dative) to assail, press upon, harass

   Synonyms: invādō, oppugnō, incurrō, impetō, incessō, aggredior, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, petō, inruō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, incidō, irrumpō, adorior, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, appetō, arripiō, assiliō, invehō, lacessō

   Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.37:

     instantes cedentibus

     while pressing the retreating (soldiers)

4. (intransitive, with dative) to urge, pursue, insist, to be intent upon

   Synonyms: exsequor, persequor, sequor, cōnsequor, premō, agō, apīscor

5. (transitive) to urge (forward), ply
6. (intransitive) to be pressing, draw nigh, approach, threaten

   Synonym: immineō

• English: instant

• insto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication

• “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
• insto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a war is imminent: bellum impendet, imminet, instat
    
  • to press the fugitives: fugientibus instare
    
• insto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “instant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

insto

1. first-person singular present indicative of instar

insto

1. first-person singular present indicative of instar