LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculineirregular, third declension

sūs

sūs m or f (genitive suis)
Classical[ˈsuːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsus]

Meaning

  1. pig, swine, hog, boar, or sow
    Venit hiems: teritur Sicyonia baca trapetis, glande sues laeti redeunt, dant arbuta silvae; et varios ponit fetus autumnus et alteTranslation by James B. Greenough Winter is come: in olive-mills they bruise The Sicyonian berry; acorn-cheered The swine troop homeward; woods their arbutes yield; So, various fruit sheds Autumn, and high up On sunny rocks the mellowing vintage bakes.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 2.519

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

porcus, animal agreste
sūs suis (m/f) — in Aeneis, ch. 8

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Sus · Verres · Scrofa · Porcus

Sus (ὗς, σῦς,) is the most general name for swine, and that which is used by natural historians, like ὗς; verres, scrofa, porcus, are economical names; verres (from ἔρσης), a boar-pig; scrofa (γρομφάς), a sow kept for breeding; porcus (πόρκος), a young pig, like χοῖρος. With sus is associated the accessory notion of filthiness; with porcus, that of fatness. (v. 335.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesūssuēs
genitivesuis
sūris		suum
suium
dativesuīsuibus
sūbus
accusativesuemsuēs
ablativesuesuibus
sūbus
vocativesūssuēs

sūs, sŭis (nom. suis, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 813;
I. gen. sueris, Plaut. ap. Fest. s. v. spectile, p. 330 Müll.; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 110 ib.; dat. plur. subus, Lucr. 5, 969; 6, 974; 6, 977; Plin. 29, 4, 23, § 75: suibus, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 5), comm. Gr. ὗς; O. H. Germ. sū; Engl. sow, swine.
I. A swine, hog, pig, boar, sow, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 5: ferus et fera, id. ib. 8, 78; Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 160; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; 1, 17, 31; Ov. F. 4, 414; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 26; 2, 2, 75 al.—Prov.: sus Minervam (sc. docet) in proverbio est, ubi quis id docet alterum, cujus ipse inscius est, Fest. p. 310 Müll.: etsi non sus Minervam, ut aiunt, tamen inepte, quisquis Minervam docet, Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 18: etsi sus Minervam, id. Fam. 9, 18, 3: docebo sus, ut aiunt, oratorem eum, quem, etc., id. de Or. 2, 57, 233; cf.: sus artium repertricem (docet), Hier. Ep. 46, 1.—
II. A kind of fish, Ov. Hal. 132.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sew-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sewH-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*suH-
  4. Proto-Italic*sūs
  5. Latinsūs

From Proto-Italic *sūs, from Proto-Indo-European *suH-. Compare Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Pali sūkara, English swine, sow.

Descendants
  • Romaniansor
  • Sardiniansughe
  • Sardiniansue
  • Sassaresesua
  • Sassaresesui

Quick answers

What does sūs mean in Latin?
sūs, a noun, means “pig, swine, hog, boar, or sow”.
What is the genitive of sūs?
The genitive singular is suis. sūs is masculine, irregular, third declension.
How do you pronounce sūs?
In classical Latin, [ˈsuːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsus].
Where does sūs come from?
Proto-Indo-European *sew-? → Proto-Indo-European *sewH-? → Proto-Indo-European *suH- → Proto-Italic *sūs → Latin sūs.