ISTI, isti
Sounds Like: IS-tee
Translations: these, these men, to this, for this, of this
From the root: ISTE
Part of Speech: Pronoun, Adjective
Explanation: Isti is an inflected form of the Latin demonstrative pronoun and adjective 'iste'. As a pronoun, it refers to 'that one near you' or 'that one belonging to you', often with a sense of contempt or disdain, but can also be neutral. As an adjective, it modifies a noun, meaning 'that' or 'those' (near you). It is used to point out something or someone in the second person's vicinity or associated with them. It can be translated as 'these' (referring to masculine plural subjects), 'to/for this' (referring to a singular dative object of any gender), or 'of this' (referring to a singular genitive object of any gender).
Inflection: Nominative Masculine Plural, Genitive Singular (Masculine, Feminine, Neuter), Dative Singular (Masculine, Feminine, Neuter)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ISTE.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ISTIS — (to) these, (for) these, (by) these, (with) these, (from) these, (to) those, (for) those, (by) those, (with) those, (from) those
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