1. to sit, to sit still Vin.i.289; AN.ii.15; Iti.120 (in set carati tiṭṭhati a. sayati, where otherwise nisinna stands for acchati) Vv.74#1 (= nisīdati Vv-a.298); Pv-a.4.
2. to stay remain, to leave alone Thag.936; Ja.iv.306.
3. to be behave, live Vin.ii.195; DN.i.102; SN.i.212; Vv.11#2; Pv.iii.3#1 (= nisīdati vasati Pv-a.188); Mil.88; Dhp-a.i.424 In this sense often pleonastic for finite verb, thus aggiṃ karitvā a. (= aggiṃ karoti) DN.i.102; aggiṃ paricaranto a (= aggiṃ paricarati) DN-a.i.270; tantaṃ pasārento a. (tantaṃ pasāreti) Dhp-a.i.424
   pot acche Iti.110; aor acchi Vin.iv.308; Dhp-a.i.424.

Vedic āsyati & āste; ās; cp. Gr. η ̈ ̔σται