suesco
Latin
Etymology
PIE word |
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*swé |
From Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁-sḱ-, expanded from the reflexive pronoun Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”), thus the original sense to "set as one's own", as in the later formed suificō.
Cognate with soleō, sodālis, Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō), εἴωθα (eíōtha), ἔθνος (éthnos), ἔθος (éthos), ἦθος (êthos), Sanskrit स्वधा (svadhā) and Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (sidus).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsu̯eːs.koː/, [ˈs̠u̯eːs̠koː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈswes.ko/, [ˈswɛsko]
Verb
suēscō (present infinitive suēscere, perfect active suēvī, supine suētum); third conjugation
- (intransitive, rare, poetic) I become used or accustomed to
- (transitive, rare, post-Classical) I accustom, habituate, train
Usage notes
This verb is rare and poetic, and prefixed forms such as adsuēsco are more frequent.
Conjugation
Conjugation of suēscō (third conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | suēscō | suēscis | suēscit | suēscimus | suēscitis | suēscunt |
imperfect | suēscēbam | suēscēbās | suēscēbat | suēscēbāmus | suēscēbātis | suēscēbant | |
future | suēscam | suēscēs | suēscet | suēscēmus | suēscētis | suēscent | |
perfect | suēvī | suēvistī | suēvit | suēvimus | suēvistis | suēvērunt, suēvēre | |
pluperfect | suēveram | suēverās | suēverat | suēverāmus | suēverātis | suēverant | |
future perfect | suēverō | suēveris | suēverit | suēverimus | suēveritis | suēverint | |
passive | present | suēscor | suēsceris, suēscere | suēscitur | suēscimur | suēsciminī | suēscuntur |
imperfect | suēscēbar | suēscēbāris, suēscēbāre | suēscēbātur | suēscēbāmur | suēscēbāminī | suēscēbantur | |
future | suēscar | suēscēris, suēscēre | suēscētur | suēscēmur | suēscēminī | suēscentur | |
perfect | suētus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | suētus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | suētus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | suēscam | suēscās | suēscat | suēscāmus | suēscātis | suēscant |
imperfect | suēscerem | suēscerēs | suēsceret | suēscerēmus | suēscerētis | suēscerent | |
perfect | suēverim | suēverīs | suēverit | suēverīmus | suēverītis | suēverint | |
pluperfect | suēvissem | suēvissēs | suēvisset | suēvissēmus | suēvissētis | suēvissent | |
passive | present | suēscar | suēscāris, suēscāre | suēscātur | suēscāmur | suēscāminī | suēscantur |
imperfect | suēscerer | suēscerēris, suēscerēre | suēscerētur | suēscerēmur | suēscerēminī | suēscerentur | |
perfect | suētus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | suētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | suēsce | — | — | suēscite | — |
future | — | suēscitō | suēscitō | — | suēscitōte | suēscuntō | |
passive | present | — | suēscere | — | — | suēsciminī | — |
future | — | suēscitor | suēscitor | — | — | suēscuntor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | suēscere | suēvisse | suētūrum esse | suēscī | suētum esse | suētum īrī | |
participles | suēscēns | — | suētūrus | — | suētus | suēscendus, suēscundus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
suēscendī | suēscendō | suēscendum | suēscendō | suētum | suētū |
Derived terms
- adsuēscō
- cōnsuēscō
- dēsuēscō
- mānsuēsco
References
- “suesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “suesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- suesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN