ESSE / STARE

Etymology and Meaning

  • Etymon: ESSE / STARE
  • Language of the etymon: Latin
  • Latin Conjugation: special / I
  • Meaning: be

Comments

  • Present subjunctive. A remnant of the old present subjunctive survives in the third person singular (the initial /ʣ/ of the form given here is a phonotactic effect of its surviving in set phrases after the negator nun).

    Preterite. The source states that this verb has preterite forms only in the third person.

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