suspicio

suspicio

Latin

Etymology 1

sub- (“under”) +‎ speciō (“watch, look at”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /susˈpi.ki.oː/, [s̠ʊs̠ˈpɪkioː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /susˈpi.t͡ʃi.o/, [susˈpiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

suspiciō (present infinitive suspicere, perfect active suspexī, supine suspectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I look up at or to

   Synonyms: videō, intueor, tueor, vīsō, spectō, īnspectō, īnspiciō, speciō, invīsō

2. I admire, respect, regard, esteem, honor

   Synonyms: admīror, laudō, collaudō, mīrō, amplificō, augeō, praedicō, intueor

3. I look askance
4. I suspect or mistrust

   Synonym: diffīdō

   Antonyms: fīdō, confidō, credō

Conjugation

Conjugation of suspiciō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	suspiciō	suspicis	suspicit	suspicimus	suspicitis	suspiciunt
	imperfect	suspiciēbam	suspiciēbās	suspiciēbat	suspiciēbāmus	suspiciēbātis	suspiciēbant
	future	suspiciam	suspiciēs	suspiciet	suspiciēmus	suspiciētis	suspicient
	perfect	suspexī	suspexistī	suspexit	suspeximus	suspexistis	suspexērunt, suspexēre
	pluperfect	suspexeram	suspexerās	suspexerat	suspexerāmus	suspexerātis	suspexerant
	future perfect	suspexerō	suspexeris	suspexerit	suspexerimus	suspexeritis	suspexerint
passive	present	suspicior	suspiceris, suspicere	suspicitur	suspicimur	suspiciminī	suspiciuntur
	imperfect	suspiciēbar	suspiciēbāris, suspiciēbāre	suspiciēbātur	suspiciēbāmur	suspiciēbāminī	suspiciēbantur
	future	suspiciar	suspiciēris, suspiciēre	suspiciētur	suspiciēmur	suspiciēminī	suspicientur
	perfect	suspectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	suspectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	suspectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	suspiciam	suspiciās	suspiciat	suspiciāmus	suspiciātis	suspiciant
	imperfect	suspicerem	suspicerēs	suspiceret	suspicerēmus	suspicerētis	suspicerent
	perfect	suspexerim	suspexerīs	suspexerit	suspexerīmus	suspexerītis	suspexerint
	pluperfect	suspexissem	suspexissēs	suspexisset	suspexissēmus	suspexissētis	suspexissent
passive	present	suspiciar	suspiciāris, suspiciāre	suspiciātur	suspiciāmur	suspiciāminī	suspiciantur
	imperfect	suspicerer	suspicerēris, suspicerēre	suspicerētur	suspicerēmur	suspicerēminī	suspicerentur
	perfect	suspectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	suspectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	suspice	—	—	suspicite	—
	future	—	suspicitō	suspicitō	—	suspicitōte	suspiciuntō
passive	present	—	suspicere	—	—	suspiciminī	—
	future	—	suspicitor	suspicitor	—	—	suspiciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		suspicere	suspexisse	suspectūrum esse	suspicī	suspectum esse	suspectum īrī
participles		suspiciēns	—	suspectūrus	—	suspectus	suspiciendus, suspiciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		suspiciendī	suspiciendō	suspiciendum	suspiciendō	suspectum	suspectū

Derived terms

• suspectiō
• suspīciō (noun)

References

• “suspicio1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

From the verb suspiciō +‎ -iō.

Alternative forms

• suspītiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /susˈpiː.ki.oː/, [s̠ʊs̠ˈpiːkioː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /susˈpi.t͡ʃi.o/, [susˈpiːt͡ʃio]

Noun

suspīciō f (genitive suspīciōnis); third declension

1. suspicion
2. mistrust

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	suspīciō	suspīciōnēs
Genitive	suspīciōnis	suspīciōnum
Dative	suspīciōnī	suspīciōnibus
Accusative	suspīciōnem	suspīciōnēs
Ablative	suspīciōne	suspīciōnibus
Vocative	suspīciō	suspīciōnēs

Descendants

• French: suspicion

References

• “suspicio2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “suspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• suspicio 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)
• suspicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give ground for suspicion: locum dare suspicioni
    
  • to rouse a person's suspicions: suspicionem movere, excitare, inicere, dare alicui
    
  • to suspect a person: suspicionem habere de aliquo
    
  • to be suspected of a thing: suspicionem alicuius rei habere
    
  • a suspicion falls on some one: suspicio (alicuius rei) cadit in aliquem, pertinet ad aliquem
    
  • to make a person suspected: aliquem in suspicionem adducere (alicui), aliquem suspectum reddere
    
  • to become the object of suspicion: in suspicionem vocari, cadere
    
  • to be suspected by some one: in suspicionem alicui venire
    
  • to clear oneself of a suspicion: suspicionem a se removere, depellere, propulsare (Verr. 3. 60. 140)
    
  • to banish all feeling of prejudice from the mind: suspicionem ex animo delere
    
  • he is in a suspicious mood: suspicio insidet in animo ejus
    
  • he is in a suspicious mood: suspicio ei penitus inhaeret
    
  • the faintest suspicion: suspicio tenuissima, minima
    
  • to have no presentiment of a thing: a suspicione alicuius rei abhorrere
    
  • (ambiguous) to raise the eyes to heaven; to look up to the sky: suspicere (in) caelum
    
  • (ambiguous) to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
    
• suspicio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016