SIT, sit
Sounds Like: SIT
Translations: may be, let him be, let her be, let it be, he may be, she may be, it may be
From the root: SUM
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person singular present subjunctive form of the Latin verb 'sum', meaning 'to be'. It is used to express a wish, a command, a possibility, or a purpose, often found in subordinate clauses. For example, it can mean 'let it be' or 'may it be'.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Present, Subjunctive, Active
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 12:3
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 32:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, SUM.
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.
- ERANT — they were, there were
- ESSE — to be, to exist, to happen, to occur
- ESSET — was, were, might be, would be
- EST — is, he is, she is, it is, there is, exists
- ESTIS — you are
- FUERINT — they may have been, they might have been, they should have been
- FUERIT — he will have been, she will have been, it will have been, there will have been, he may have been, she may have been, it may have been, there may have been
- FUERUNT — they were, they have been
- FUISSE — to have been
- FUISSET — had been, would have been
- SINT — they may be, let them be, they are
- SUM — I am
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