suesco

Latin

Etymology

PIE word
*swé

From Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁-sḱ-e-ti, expanded from the reflexive pronoun *swé (“self”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”) + *-sḱeti, thus the original sense was “to set as one's own”, as in the later formed suificō.

Cognate with soleō, sodālis, Ancient Greek εἴωθα (eíōtha), ἔθνος (éthnos), ἔθος (éthos), ἦθος (êthos), Sanskrit स्वधा (svadhā́) and Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (sidus).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsʷeːs.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsʷɛs.ko]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		suēscere			suēscī			suēscēns			—
future		suētūrum esse			suētum īrī			suētūrus			suēscendus, suēscundus
perfect		suēvisse			suētum esse			—			suētus
future perfect		—			suētum fore			—			—
perfect potential		suētūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		suēscendī		suēscendō		suēscendum		suēscendō		suētum		suētū

Derived terms

• adsuēscō
• cōnsuēscō
• dēsuēscō
• mānsuēsco

Further reading

• “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.