suffrago
English
Etymology
Latin suffrāgō
Noun
suffrago
- (zoology) The joint between the tibia and tarsus, such as the hock of a horse's hind leg or the heel of a bird.
Anagrams
- sugar off
Italian
Verb
suffrago
- first-person singular present indicative of suffragare
Latin
Etymology 1
The etymology of the Latin word is uncertain, with some sources citing Latin suffragari "lend support, vote for someone", from sub "under" + fragor "crash, din, shouts (as of approval)", related to frangere "to break" (related to fraction and fractious "quarrelsome"). Other sources say that attempts to connect suffragium with fragor cannot be taken seriously. Some etymologists think the word may be related to suffrago and may have originally meant an ankle bone or knuckle bone.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sufˈfraː.ɡoː/, [sʊfˈfraː.ɡoː]
Verb
suffrāgō (present infinitive suffrāgāre, perfect active suffrāgāvī, supine suffrāgātum); first conjugation
- I support; I vote for
Inflection
| Conjugation of suffrago (first conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | suffrāgō | suffrāgās | suffrāgat | suffrāgāmus | suffrāgātis | suffrāgant |
| imperfect | suffrāgābam | suffrāgābās | suffrāgābat | suffrāgābāmus | suffrāgābātis | suffrāgābant | |
| future | suffrāgābō | suffrāgābis | suffrāgābit | suffrāgābimus | suffrāgābitis | suffrāgābunt | |
| perfect | suffrāgāvī | suffrāgāvistī | suffrāgāvit | suffrāgāvimus | suffrāgāvistis | suffrāgāvērunt, suffrāgāvēre | |
| pluperfect | suffrāgāveram | suffrāgāverās | suffrāgāverat | suffrāgāverāmus | suffrāgāverātis | suffrāgāverant | |
| future perfect | suffrāgāverō | suffrāgāveris | suffrāgāverit | suffrāgāverimus | suffrāgāveritis | suffrāgāverint | |
| passive | present | suffrāgor | suffrāgāris, suffrāgāre | suffrāgātur | suffrāgāmur | suffrāgāminī | suffrāgantur |
| imperfect | suffrāgābar | suffrāgābāris, suffrāgābāre | suffrāgābātur | suffrāgābāmur | suffrāgābāminī | suffrāgābantur | |
| future | suffrāgābor | suffrāgāberis, suffrāgābere | suffrāgābitur | suffrāgābimur | suffrāgābiminī | suffrāgābuntur | |
| perfect | suffrāgātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | suffrāgātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | suffrāgātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | suffrāgem | suffrāgēs | suffrāget | suffrāgēmus | suffrāgētis | suffrāgent |
| imperfect | suffrāgārem | suffrāgārēs | suffrāgāret | suffrāgārēmus | suffrāgārētis | suffrāgārent | |
| perfect | suffrāgāverim | suffrāgāverīs | suffrāgāverit | suffrāgāverimus | suffrāgāveritis | suffrāgāverint | |
| pluperfect | suffrāgāvissem | suffrāgāvissēs | suffrāgāvisset | suffrāgāvissēmus | suffrāgāvissētis | suffrāgāvissent | |
| passive | present | suffrāger | suffrāgēris, suffrāgēre | suffrāgētur | suffrāgēmur | suffrāgēminī | suffrāgentur |
| imperfect | suffrāgārer | suffrāgārēris, suffrāgārēre | suffrāgārētur | suffrāgārēmur | suffrāgārēminī | suffrāgārentur | |
| perfect | suffrāgātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | suffrāgātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | suffrāgā | — | — | suffrāgāte | — |
| future | — | suffrāgātō | suffrāgātō | — | suffrāgātōte | suffrāgantō | |
| passive | present | — | suffrāgāre | — | — | suffrāgāminī | — |
| future | — | suffrāgātor | suffrāgātor | — | — | suffrāgantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | suffrāgāre | suffrāgāvisse | suffrāgātūrus esse | suffrāgārī | suffrāgātus esse | suffrāgātum īrī | |
| participles | suffrāgāns | — | suffrāgātūrus | — | suffrāgātus | suffrāgandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| suffrāgāre | suffrāgandī | suffrāgandō | suffrāgandum | suffrāgātum | suffrāgātū | ||
Related terms
- suffrāgor
- suffrāgium
Descendants
- Spanish: sufragar
Etymology 2
From sub- + *fragō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrāg- (“rump, hock, hindquarters”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break, crack, split”). Cognate with Latin braca (“trousers”).
Noun
suffrāgō f (genitive suffrāginis); third declension
- the ham or hough, hock of a quadruped's hind leg
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | suffrāgō | suffrāginēs |
| Genitive | suffrāginis | suffrāginum |
| Dative | suffrāginī | suffrāginibus |
| Accusative | suffrāginem | suffrāginēs |
| Ablative | suffrāgine | suffrāginibus |
| Vocative | suffrāgō | suffrāginēs |
References
- suffrago in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- suffrago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette