sucus

See also: suĉus

Latin

Alternative forms

succus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *soukos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, *sewk-. Cognate with sūgō. Apparently unrelated to Proto-Slavic *sokъ of the same meaning.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.kus/, [ˈs̠uːkʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.kus/, [ˈsuːkus]

Noun

sūcus m (genitive sūcī); second declension

juice
sap
moisture
(figuratively) strength, vitality, rigor, energy, life

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sūcus	sūcī
Genitive	sūcī	sūcōrum
Dative	sūcō	sūcīs
Accusative	sūcum	sūcōs
Ablative	sūcō	sūcīs
Vocative	sūce	sūcī

Derived terms

exsūcō
exsūcus
īnsūcō
sūcidō
sūcidus
sūcinum
sūcōsus
sūculentus

Descendants

→ Basque: zuku
Catalan: suc
Corsican: suchju, sughju
Esperanto: suko
French: suc
Friulian: sûc
Italian: succo, sugo
Piedmontese: sugh
Portuguese: suco
Romanian: suc, usuc
Romansch: suc
Sicilian: sucu
Spanish: jugo, suco

References

“sucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“sucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
sucus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
sucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette