suctus

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Latin

Etymology 1

sūgō +‎ -tus

Noun

sūctus m (genitive sūctūs); fourth declension

  1. sucking, an act of sucking
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sūctus sūctūs
genitive sūctūs sūctuum
dative sūctuī sūctibus
accusative sūctum sūctūs
ablative sūctū sūctibus
vocative sūctus sūctūs

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of sūgō (“suck”).

Participle

sūctus (feminine sūcta, neuter sūctum); first/second-declension participle

  1. sucked, having been sucked.
  2. taken in, having been taken in.
  3. exhausted, having been exhausted.
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sūctus sūcta sūctum sūctī sūctae sūcta
genitive sūctī sūctae sūctī sūctōrum sūctārum sūctōrum
dative sūctō sūctae sūctō sūctīs
accusative sūctum sūctam sūctum sūctōs sūctās sūcta
ablative sūctō sūctā sūctō sūctīs
vocative sūcte sūcta sūctum sūctī sūctae sūcta
Descendants
  • Aromanian: suptu
  • Dalmatian: sot
  • → Portuguese: sucto
  • Romanian: supt
  • Sardinian: assuttu, suttu

References

  • “suctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • suctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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