suscipio
Latin
Alternative forms
- succipiō
Etymology
From sub- + capiō (“seize”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /susˈki.pi.oː/, [s̠ʊs̠ˈkɪpioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /suʃˈʃi.pi.o/, [suʃˈʃiːpio]
Verb
suscipiō (present infinitive suscipere, perfect active suscēpī, supine susceptum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I take up, acknowledge
- I undertake, assume, begin, incur, enter upon (esp. when done voluntarily and as a favor. Cf. recipiō)
- Synonyms: sumō, assumō, accipiō, induō, adhibeō, adoptō, ineō, inducō, aggredior, obeō
- I catch, receive
- (of feelings, experience, etc) I undergo, submit to, bear, accept
- Synonyms: sufferō, sustineō, subeō
- I bear, beget
- Synonyms: prōcreō, gignō, genō, prōdō, ēnītor, cōnītor, pariō, ēdō, efficiō
- Antonym: necō
Conjugation
| Conjugation of suscipiō (third conjugation iō-variant) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | suscipiō | suscipis | suscipit | suscipimus | suscipitis | suscipiunt |
| imperfect | suscipiēbam | suscipiēbās | suscipiēbat | suscipiēbāmus | suscipiēbātis | suscipiēbant | |
| future | suscipiam | suscipiēs | suscipiet | suscipiēmus | suscipiētis | suscipient | |
| perfect | suscēpī | suscēpistī | suscēpit | suscēpimus | suscēpistis | suscēpērunt, suscēpēre | |
| pluperfect | suscēperam | suscēperās | suscēperat | suscēperāmus | suscēperātis | suscēperant | |
| future perfect | suscēperō | suscēperis | suscēperit | suscēperimus | suscēperitis | suscēperint | |
| passive | present | suscipior | susciperis, suscipere | suscipitur | suscipimur | suscipiminī | suscipiuntur |
| imperfect | suscipiēbar | suscipiēbāris, suscipiēbāre | suscipiēbātur | suscipiēbāmur | suscipiēbāminī | suscipiēbantur | |
| future | suscipiar | suscipiēris, suscipiēre | suscipiētur | suscipiēmur | suscipiēminī | suscipientur | |
| perfect | susceptus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | susceptus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | susceptus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | suscipiam | suscipiās | suscipiat | suscipiāmus | suscipiātis | suscipiant |
| imperfect | susciperem | susciperēs | susciperet | susciperēmus | susciperētis | susciperent | |
| perfect | suscēperim | suscēperīs | suscēperit | suscēperīmus | suscēperītis | suscēperint | |
| pluperfect | suscēpissem | suscēpissēs | suscēpisset | suscēpissēmus | suscēpissētis | suscēpissent | |
| passive | present | suscipiar | suscipiāris, suscipiāre | suscipiātur | suscipiāmur | suscipiāminī | suscipiantur |
| imperfect | susciperer | susciperēris, susciperēre | susciperētur | susciperēmur | susciperēminī | susciperentur | |
| perfect | susceptus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | susceptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | suscipe | — | — | suscipite | — |
| future | — | suscipitō | suscipitō | — | suscipitōte | suscipiuntō | |
| passive | present | — | suscipere | — | — | suscipiminī | — |
| future | — | suscipitor | suscipitor | — | — | suscipiuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | suscipere | suscēpisse | susceptūrum esse | suscipī | susceptum esse | susceptum īrī | |
| participles | suscipiēns | — | susceptūrus | — | susceptus | suscipiendus, suscipiundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| suscipiendī | suscipiendō | suscipiendum | suscipiendō | susceptum | susceptū | ||
Related terms
- susceptibilis
- susceptiō
- susceptum
Descendants
- Old French: sosceivre
- Old Occitan: soisebre
- Romansch: tschütschaiver
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “sŭscĭpĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 12: Sk–š, page 467
Further reading
- “suscipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “suscipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- suscipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to accept as one's own child; to make oneself responsible for its nurture and education: tollere or suscipere liberos
- to incur danger, risk: pericula subire, adire, suscipere
- to make a person one's enemy: inimicitias cum aliquo suscipere
- to lose one's labour: inanem laborem suscipere
- to undertake an affair: negotium suscipere
- to incur a person's hatred: alicuius odium subire, suscipere, in se convertere, sibi conflare
- to conceive an implacable hatred against a man: odium implacabile suscipere in aliquem
- to commit a crime and so make oneself liable to the consequences of it: scelus (in se) concipere, suscipere
- to embrace a strange religion: religionem externam suscipere
- to make a vow: vota facere, nuncupare, suscipere, concipere
- to take up the cause of the people, democratic principles: causam popularem suscipere or defendere
- to undertake a case: causam suscipere
- (ambiguous) a religious war: bellum pro religionibus susceptum
- to accept as one's own child; to make oneself responsible for its nurture and education: tollere or suscipere liberos
- suscipio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016