verbthird conjugation, third person-only in the passive
suō
suō (present infinitive suere, perfect active suī, supine sūtum)
Classical[ˈsu.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsuː.o]
Meaning
- to sew, stitch
- to join, fasten together
- figurativelyto devise, cobble
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | suō | suēbam | suam | suī | sueram | suerō |
| 2nd sg. | suis | suēbās | suēs | suistī | suerās | sueris |
| 3rd sg. | suit | suēbat | suet | suit | suerat | suerit |
| 1st pl. | suimus | suēbāmus | suēmus | suimus | suerāmus | suerimus |
| 2nd pl. | suitis | suēbātis | suētis | suistis | suerātis | sueritis |
| 3rd pl. | suunt | suēbant | suent | suērunt suēre | suerant | suerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | suam | suerem | suerim | suissem |
| 2nd sg. | suās | suerēs | suerīs | suissēs |
| 3rd sg. | suat | sueret | suerit | suisset |
| 1st pl. | suāmus | suerēmus | suerīmus | suissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | suātis | suerētis | suerītis | suissētis |
| 3rd pl. | suant | suerent | suerint | suissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | suitur | suēbātur | suētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | suuntur | suēbantur | suentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | suātur | suerētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | suerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | suantur | suerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | sue | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | suite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | suitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | suitō | suitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | suitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | suuntō | suuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | suere | suī |
| perfect infinitive | suisse | sūtum esse |
| future infinitive | sūtūrum esse | sūtum īrī |
| present participle | suēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | sūtum sūta, sūtā, sūtae, sūtam, sūtārum, sūtās, sūte, sūtī, sūtīs, sūtō, sūtōrum, sūtōs, sūtus |
| future participle | sūtūrus sūtūra, sūtūrā, sūtūrae, sūtūram, sūtūrārum, sūtūrās, sūtūre, sūtūrī, sūtūrīs, sūtūrō, sūtūrōrum, sūtūrōs, sūtūrum | suendum suenda, suendā, suendae, suendam, suendārum, suendās, suende, suendīs, suendōrum, suendōs, suendus |
gerundsuendī, suendō, suendumsupinesūtum, sūtū
sŭo, sŭi, sūtum, 3, v. a. Sanscr. siv-, sivjāmi, sew; Gr. κασσύω, to stitch, cobble,
I. to sew or stitch, to sew, join, or tack together (rare but class.).
I. Lit.:
quod (foramen) nisi permagnā vi sui non potest, Cels. 7, 4, 3: tegumenta corporum vel texta vel suta, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: unius os sutum, Flor. 4, 12, 36: pellibus et sutis arcent male frigora bracis, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 19: hi plerasque naves loris suebant, Varr. ap. Gell. 17, 3, 4: navis suta lino et sparteis serilibus, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. serilla, p. 340 fin. Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 251 Rib.): corticibus suta cavatis alvearia, Verg. G. 4, 33: pilea suta de caesis lacernis, Stat. S. 4, 9, 24. — * II. Trop.:
metue lenonem, ne quid suo suat capiti, devise, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 6; cf. consuo, II. — Hence, P. a. as subst.: sūta, ōrum, n., that which is made of plates fastened together, mail, a coat of mail: huic gladio perque aerea suta Per tunicam squalentem auro latus haurit apertum, Verg. A. 10, 313: magnorum aerea suta Thoracum, Stat. Th. 3, 585: latus omne sub armis Ferrea suta terunt, id. ib. 4, 131.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
suō suī, sūtus, ere
SV-, to sew, stitch, sew up, sew together : tegumenta corporum suta: sutis arcent frigora bracis, O.: corticibus suta cavatis alvearia, V.—Fig.: ne quid . . . suo suat capiti, devise , T.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*syewH-
- Proto-Indo-European*syuHyéti?
- Proto-Italic*sūō
- Latinsuō
From Proto-Italic *sūō, perhaps from earlier *sūjō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *syewH-, but there is debate about how this resulted in the Latin phonetics. Cognates include Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati), सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”), Lithuanian siūti, and Old English siwian (English sew).
In English words that came into English from suō
- suturesūtūra
- accouteracconsūtūrāre
- subulatesūbulātus
- sutilesūtilis