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.

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
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934) “suctus”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.