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Meaning of sto | Babel Free

Verb CEFR A2
[ˈstoː]

Definitions

  1. to stand
    conjugation-1, impersonal
  2. to steal
    Old-Latin, conjugation-1
  3. to stay, remain
    conjugation-1, impersonal
  4. to cost, to be set at, stand at (e.g., a price)
    conjugation-1, impersonal
  5. to be
    Medieval-Latin, conjugation-1, impersonal
  6. to live
    Medieval-Latin, conjugation-1, impersonal

Equivalents

Bosanski štand
English Anchor be remain stand stay
Hrvatski štand
Kurdî be stand stand
Српски štand

Examples

““Troiaque, nunc stārēs, Priamīque arx alta, manērēs.” “And Troy, you would be standing now, and high citadel of Priam, you would remain!” – Aeneas”
“‘stat mihi nōn parvō virtūs mea: volnera testor”

“My bravery costs me no small [price]: I call to witness my scars and weapons, which I have often splattered with my own blood.” (Mezentius replies to a request to fight for Turnus.)

“𐌉𐌏𐌖𐌄𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌃𐌄𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌔𐌒𐌏𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌍𐌄𐌉𐌕𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌍𐌃𐌏𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌌𐌉𐌔𐌖𐌉𐌓𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌉𐌄𐌃 𐌀𐌔𐌕𐌄𐌃𐌍𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌉𐌏𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌏𐌉𐌕𐌄𐌔𐌉𐌀𐌉𐌐𐌀𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌉𐌔 𐌃𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌏𐌔𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌅𐌄𐌂𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌍𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌄𐌉𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌏𐌉𐌍𐌄𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌀𐌋𐌏𐌔𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌏𐌃”

The person who sends me prays to the gods, lest the girl be not kind towards thee. Without thee […] calm with [these] rivers. A good man made me (in good intention?) for a good man; may I not be stolen by an evil man.

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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