suesco
Latin
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *swé |
From Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁-sḱ-, expanded from the reflexive pronoun Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”), thus the original sense to "set as one's own", as in the later formed suificō.[1]
Cognate with soleō, sodālis, Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō), εἴωθα (eíōtha), ἔθνος (éthnos), ἔθος (éthos), ἦθος (êthos), Sanskrit स्वधा (svadhā́) and Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (sidus).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsʷeːs.koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsʷɛs.ko]
Verb
suēscō (present infinitive suēscere, perfect active suēvī, supine suētum); third conjugation
- (intransitive, rare, poetic) to become used or accustomed to
- (transitive, rare, post-Classical) to accustom, habituate, train
Usage notes
This verb is rare and poetic, and prefixed forms such as adsuēscō are more frequent.
Conjugation
Conjugation of suēscō (third conjugation)
Derived terms
References
- “suesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “suesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- suesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 597