LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

sūdor

sūdor m (genitive sūdōris)
Classical[ˈsuː.dɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈsuː.dor]

Meaning

  1. sweat
    a. 420, Jerome, Epistulae; letter 14, 10No athlete is crowned without sweat
  2. moisture

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ūmor, quī ē corpore calidō fluit
sūdor sūdōris (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 18
ūmor corporis labōrantis
sūdor -ōris (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 18

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesūdorsūdōrēs
genitivesūdōrissūdōrum
dativesūdōrīsūdōribus
accusativesūdōremsūdōrēs
ablativesūdōresūdōribus
vocativesūdorsūdōrēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

res est multi laboris et sudoris
the matter involves much labour and fatigue.

sūdor, ōris, m. [sudo).
I. Lit., sweat, perspiration: manat ex omni corpore sudor, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 399 Vahl.); Lucr. 6, 944: sudor e corpore, Cic. Div. 2, 27, 58; cf.: totum sudor habet corpus, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 436 Vahl.): sudorem multum consecutum esse audiebamus, Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: Herculis simulacrum multo sudore manavit, id. Div. 1, 34, 74: sudor fluit undique rivis, Verg. A. 5, 200: salsusque per artus Sudor iit, id. ib. 2, 174: gelidus toto manabat corpore sudor, id. ib. 3, 175: equos Fumantis sudore quatit, id. ib. 12, 338: cum sudor ad imos Manaret talos, Hor. S. 1, 9, 10: occupat obsessos sudor mihi frigidus artus, Ov. M. 5, 632: sudore fluentia multo Bracchia, id. ib. 9, 57; Sen. Oedip. 923; id. Troad. 487: quibusdam in conspectu populi sudor erumpit, id. Ep. 2, 2; 122, 6.—As obj. of verbs: sudorem emittere, Plin. 7, 18, 18, § 78: sudores evocare, id. 27, 9, 48, § 72: ciere, id. 37, 10, 46, § 115: facere, id. 24, 6, 20, § 30: movere, id. 24, 11, 60, § 101; Cels. 2, 17: elicere, id. 2, 17: excutere, Nep. Eum. 5, 5: ducere, Scrib. Comp. 217: detergere, Suet. Ner. 24 init.: sistere, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 196: sudorem coërcere, id. 23, 1, 25, § 50: reprimere, id. 20, 13, 51, § 142: sudores sedare, id. 35, 15, 52, § 185: inhibere, id. 28, 19, 79, § 260.—Plur.: sudoribus corpus exinanire, Sen. Ep. 108, 16: sudores exsistere toto corpore, Lucr. 3, 154: caeli, honey-dew, Plin. 11, 12, 12, § 30.—
B. Transf., of any liquid or moisture (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. umor): maris, Lucr. 2, 465: smyrnae, id. 2, 504: veneni, Ov. M. 2, 198: picis (with liquor), Plin. 16, 11, 21, § 52: lapidis, id. 35, 15, 52, § 186: argentum quod exit a fornace sudorem vocant, id. 33, 4, 21, § 69; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 15 fin.; Vitr. 8, 1 med.; Dig. 43, 19, 1 med.—
II. Trop. (cf. sudo, I. B.), sweat, i. e. toil, severe labor, weariness, fatigue (class.; syn.: labor, contentio): Salmacida spolia sine sudore et sanguine, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61 (Trag. v. 36 Vahl.): victor exercitus, qui suo sudore ac sanguine inde (a Capuā) Samnites depulisset, Liv. 7, 38; cf.: multo ejus sudore ac labore, Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2); Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 8: stilus ille tuus multi sudoris est, Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257: sudor circa testimonia, Quint. 5, 7, 1; 6, 4, 6: summo cum sudore consequi, Vell. 2, 128, 3: phalerae multo sudore receptae, Verg. A. 9, 458: creditur Sudoris minimum habere comoedia, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 169: non est viri timere sudorem, Sen. Ep. 31, 7: sudore acquirere quod possis sanguine parare, Tac. G. 14: et bellicos sudores nostros barbaricae gentes cognoscunt, Just. Inst. prooem. § 1.

Origins

Uncertain. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- (“to sweat, perspire”). It is perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sweydōs, though this would require a development from *swei- to *swoi-. Alternatively, it may derive from the introduction of the o-grade *swoi- into an s-stem term. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἱδρώς (hidrṓs), Sanskrit स्वेदते (svedate) and Old English swāt (English sweat).

Insular Romance
  • Sardiniansori
  • Sardiniansudore
  • Sardiniansudori
  • Sardiniansuore
  • Sardiniansuori
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalansuor
  • Frenchsueurfrom Old French suor
  • Occitansusor
  • Occitansuor
  • Gasconsudorfrom Occitan susor
Balkano-Romance
  • Romaniansudoare
  • Aromanianasudoari
  • Aromaniansudoari
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiansudore
  • Corsicansudore
  • Corsicansudori
  • Dalmatiansudaur
  • Istriotsudur
  • Neapolitansurore
  • Siciliansudura
  • Venetansuor
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesesuorfrom Old Galician-Portuguese sudor
  • Galiciansuorfrom Old Galician-Portuguese sudor
Borrowings
  • Spanishsudor
  • Asturiansudor
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliansudôr
  • Romanshsüur
Gallo-Italic
  • Piedmontesesudor
  • Romagnolsudôr

In English words that came into English from sūdor

  • sudarysudarium
  • sudoriparoussūdor
  • sudoriferoussūdōrifer
  • sudomotorsūdor
  • sudariumsūdārium
  • sudoralsūdor
  • sudoroussudorus

Quick answers

What does sūdor mean in Latin?
sūdor, a noun, means “sweat; moisture”.
What is the genitive of sūdor?
The genitive singular is sūdōris. sūdor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce sūdor?
In classical Latin, [ˈsuː.dɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsuː.dor].
Which English words come from sūdor?
English words that go back to Latin sūdor include sudoriparous, sudomotor, sudoral, sudary, sudoriferous and sudarium.