noun · masculinefourth declension
suspectus
suspectus m (genitive suspectūs)
Classical[sʊsˈpɛk.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[susˈpɛk.tus]
Meaning
- masculinethe act of looking up or upwards
- masculinehigh regard, esteem, respect
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
cui nōn crēditursuspectus -a -um — in Epistulae, ch. 20
suspected
suspectus -a -um — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | suspectus | suspectūs |
| genitive | suspectūs | suspectuum |
| dative | suspectuī | suspectibus |
| accusative | suspectum | suspectūs |
| ablative | suspectū | suspectibus |
| vocative | suspectus | suspectūs |
suspectus, a, um, Part. of 1. suspicio.
suspectus, ūs, m. 1. suspicio,
I. a looking up or upwards (poet. and in postAug. prose).
I. Lit.:
color nigricans aspectu idemque suspectu refulgens, Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 135: in suspectu esse, id. 37, 9, 40, § 123; 21, 8, 22, § 45.—B. Poet., transf., a height:
Tartarus ipse Bis patet in praeceps tantum ... Quantus ad aetherium caeli suspectus Olympum, Verg. A. 6, 579: turris erat vasto suspectu, id. ib. 9, 530.—II. Trop., high regard or esteem, respect:
honorum, Ov. F. 5, 31: nimius sui suspectus, Sen. Ben. 2, 26: facta ejus dictaque quanto meruit suspectu celebramus, id. Cons. ad Marc. 5, 2.—Plur., Vitr. 7 praef. fin.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
suspectus adj. with comp.
P. of 1 suspicio, subject to suspicion, mistrusted, suspected : suspectum cupiditatis imperii consulem habere, L.: sceleris, Cu.: Non clam me est, tibi esse suspectum, T.: de novercā: ut regi suspectior ad omnia fieret, L.: super tali scelere, S.: suspectus res novas voluisse, Cu.: bellum malle, Ta.: (in tyrannorum vitā) omnia semper suspecta: in suspecto loco, i. e. critical , L.: lacus Ambiguis suspectus aquis, O.: quod propter novitatem posset esse suspectum, Cu.: animi medicina pluribus suspecta: Non dare, suspectum, O.
suspectus ūs, m
1 suspicio, a looking up, gazing upwards : Quantus ad aetherium caeli suspectus Olympum, i. e. height , V.: Turris vasto suspectu, V.—Fig., high regard, esteem, respect : honorum, O.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Proto-Italic*supo
- Latinsuspectus
Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Latin speciō Latin suspiciō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin suspectus From suspiciō + -tus (forming action nouns).