suscipio

Latin

Alternative forms

• succipiō

Etymology

From sub- +‎ capiō (“seize”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /susˈki.pi.oː/, [s̠ʊs̠ˈkɪpioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suʃˈʃi.pi.o/, [suʃˈʃiːpio]

Verb

suscipiō (present infinitive suscipere, perfect active suscēpī, supine susceptum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to take up, acknowledge
2. to 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

3. to catch, receive
4. (of feelings, experience, etc) to undergo, submit to, bear, accept

   Synonyms: sufferō, sustineō, subeō

5. to 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^[1], 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
    
• suscipio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016