ανθίσταμαι — to resist

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Understand this verb

Source references

This verb uses middle/passive forms. Endings such as -μαι do not automatically mean “is done by someone”: θυμάμαι means “I remember”. Read this verb’s English meaning and usage notes.

How to read the verb tables

Start with the present. Find the row for the person you mean: εγώ (I), εσύ (you, singular), αυτός/αυτή/αυτό (he/she/it), εμείς (we), εσείς (you, plural or polite), αυτοί/αυτές/αυτά (they). Greek often leaves out these pronouns because the ending shows the person.

Continuous: over time or repeatedly: έγραφα — I was writing / used to write; θα γράφω — I will be writing. The imperfect is the continuous past.
Simple: an action viewed as a whole: έγραψα — I wrote; θα γράψω — I will write. “Simple” does not mean the action must be short.
Perfect: completed by a reference point: έχω γράψει — I have written; είχα γράψει — I had written; θα έχω γράψει — I will have written.
Subjunctive: forms with να: θέλω να γράφω κάθε μέρα — I want to write every day; θέλω να γράψω ένα μήνυμα — I want to write a message. The sentence supplies the time; the forms distinguish repeated activity from an action viewed as a whole.
Imperative: instructions or requests: γράφε κάθε μέρα — write every day; γράψε το όνομά σου — write your name. These show continuous and simple instructions.
Active and middle/passive: form and meaning: γράφω — I write; γράφεται — it is written. But a middle/passive ending does not always express a passive meaning: έρχομαι means I come.

Alternative forms: commas or slashes separate alternatives. Parentheses mark optional letters, for example γράφουν(ε) means γράφουν or γράφουνε. Alternatives can differ in style or context, so read any usage note before choosing.

A dash or a missing table means a form is not supplied here. Check the entry’s notes; it does not by itself prove that every omitted form is impossible.

Other verbs with the same source references

συνίσταμαι

These verbs share source references, but their forms and meanings may differ.

Modern Greek verb conjugation

ανθίσταμαι · to resist (formal)

This learned verb is chiefly used in the present in modern Greek. The everyday equivalent is αντιστέκομαι. For the past and perfective forms, use αντιστάθηκα, θα αντισταθώ, έχω αντισταθεί; these belong to the everyday resistance paradigm. The learned past αντέστην occurs in formal writing.

Present · Ενεστώτας

Person · Πρόσωπο	Form · Τύπος
εγώ · I	ανθίσταμαι
εσύ · you	ανθίστασαι
αυτός / αυτή / αυτό · he / she / it	ανθίσταται
εμείς · we	ανθιστάμεθα
εσείς · you	ανθίστασθε
αυτοί / αυτές / αυτά · they	ανθίστανται

Usage · Χρήση

Η επιτροπή ανθίσταται στις πιέσεις. — The committee resists the pressure.

For an everyday command, use αντιστάσου / αντισταθείτε. The learned participle is ανθιστάμενος, ανθιστάμενη, ανθιστάμενο.

Source: Modern Greek Verbs
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