LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

sūgō

sūgō (present infinitive sūgere, perfect active sūxī, supine sūctum)
Classical[ˈsuː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsuː.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. to suck
    Molli enim et rara potestate cum sint, exsiccant sugendo e materia sucumSince the stones used are soft and porous, they are apt to suck the moisture out of the mortar and so to dry it up.c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 2.8
  2. to take in
  3. to exhaust
    116 - 27 B.C.E. — Varro, Rerum Rusticarum, 1:43I mean by that crops which are less exhausting to the land.

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.sūgōsūgēbamsūgamsūxīsūxeramsūxerō
2nd sg.sūgissūgēbāssūgēssūxistīsūxerāssūxeris
3rd sg.sūgitsūgēbatsūgetsūxitsūxeratsūxerit
1st pl.sūgimussūgēbāmussūgēmussūximussūxerāmussūxerimus
2nd pl.sūgitissūgēbātissūgētissūxistissūxerātissūxeritis
3rd pl.sūguntsūgēbantsūgentsūxērunt
sūxēre		sūxerantsūxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.sūgamsūgeremsūxerimsūxissem
2nd sg.sūgāssūgerēssūxerīssūxissēs
3rd sg.sūgatsūgeretsūxeritsūxisset
1st pl.sūgāmussūgerēmussūxerīmussūxissēmus
2nd pl.sūgātissūgerētissūxerītissūxissētis
3rd pl.sūgantsūgerentsūxerintsūxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.sūgorsūgēbarsūgar
2nd sg.sūgeris
sūgere		sūgēbāris
sūgēbāre		sūgēris
sūgēre
3rd sg.sūgitursūgēbātursūgētur
1st pl.sūgimursūgēbāmursūgēmur
2nd pl.sūgiminīsūgēbāminīsūgēminī
3rd pl.sūguntursūgēbantursūgentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.sūgarsūgerer
2nd sg.sūgāris
sūgāre		sūgerēris
sūgerēre
3rd sg.sūgātursūgerētur
1st pl.sūgāmursūgerēmur
2nd pl.sūgāminīsūgerēminī
3rd pl.sūgantursūgerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.sūgesūgere
pres. 2nd pl.sūgitesūgiminī
fut. 2nd sg.sūgitōsūgitor
fut. 3rd sg.sūgitōsūgitor
fut. 2nd pl.sūgitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.sūguntōsūguntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesūgeresūgī
perfect infinitivesūxissesūctum esse
future infinitivesūctūrum essesūctum īrī
present participlesūgēns
sūgente, sūgentem, sūgentēs, sūgentī, sūgentia, sūgentibus, sūgentis, sūgentīs, sūgentium		—
perfect participle—sūctus
sūcta, sūctā, sūctae, sūctam, sūctārum, sūctās, sūcte, sūctī, sūctīs, sūctō, sūctōrum, sūctōs
future participlesūctūrus
sūctūra, sūctūrā, sūctūrae, sūctūram, sūctūrārum, sūctūrās, sūctūre, sūctūrī, sūctūrīs, sūctūrō, sūctūrōrum, sūctūrōs, sūctūrum		sūgendus
sūgundus, sūgenda, sūgendā, sūgendae, sūgendam, sūgendārum, sūgendās, sūgende, sūgendīs, sūgendōrum, sūgendōs
gerundsūgendī, sūgendō, sūgendumsupinesūctum, sūctū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

errorem cum lacte nutricis sugere (Tusc. 3. 1. 2)
to imbibe error from one's mother's breasts.

sūgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. root svag-; cf. sucus,
I. to suck (class.).
I. Lit.: (animalium) alia sugunt, alia carpunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122: (agni) matris sugunt mammam, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20: porca frequentiore numero sucta deficiet, exhausted, Pall. Febr. 26, 5: terram, to exhaust, Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 3. —
II. Trop.: cum lacte nutricis errorem suxisse, to have sucked, imbibed, Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sewg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*séwgeti
  3. Proto-Italic*sougō
  4. Latinsūgō

From Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, *sewk-. Cognate with sūcus (“juice”), English suck.

Descendants
  • Italiansuggere
  • Romaniansuge
  • Romaniansugere
  • Aromaniansug, sudziri
  • Asturianzucir
  • Asturianxuxir

Quick answers

What does sūgō mean in Latin?
sūgō, a verb, means “to suck; to take in; to exhaust”.
What are the principal parts of sūgō?
sūgō, sūgere, sūxī, sūctum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce sūgō?
In classical Latin, [ˈsuː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsuː.ɡo].
Where does sūgō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *sewg- → Proto-Indo-European *séwgeti → Proto-Italic *sougō → Latin sūgō.