suesco

Latin

Etymology

PIE word
*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]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈswes.ko/, [ˈswɛsko]

Verb

suēscō (present infinitive suēscere, perfect active suēvī, supine suētum); third conjugation

1. (intransitive, rare, poetic) to become used or accustomed to
2. (transitive, rare, post-Classical) to accustom, habituate, train

Usage notes

This verb is rare and poetic, and prefixed forms such as adsuēscō are more frequent.

Conjugation

Conjugation of suēscō (third conjugation)
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.