suppeto

Latin

Alternative forms

• subpetō

Etymology

From sub- +‎ petō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsup.pe.toː/, [ˈs̠ʊpːɛt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsup.pe.to/, [ˈsupːet̪o]

Verb

suppetō (present infinitive suppetere, perfect active suppetīvī or suppetiī, supine suppetītum); third conjugation

1. to be available, present or at hand
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.3:

     His rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti constituerunt ea quae ad proficiscendum pertinerent comparare […] sementes quam maximas facere, ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret, cum proximis civitatibus pacem et amicitiam confirmare.

     Induced by these considerations, and influenced by the authority of Orgetorix, they determined to provide such things as were necessary for their expedition […] to make their sowings as large as possible, so that on their march plenty of corn might be in store — and to establish peace and friendship with the neighboring states.

2. to be equal to, or sufficient for

Conjugation

   Conjugation of suppetō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	suppetō	suppetis	suppetit	suppetimus	suppetitis	suppetunt
	imperfect	suppetēbam	suppetēbās	suppetēbat	suppetēbāmus	suppetēbātis	suppetēbant
	future	suppetam	suppetēs	suppetet	suppetēmus	suppetētis	suppetent
	perfect	suppetīvī, suppetiī	suppetīvistī, suppetiistī	suppetīvit, suppetiit	suppetīvimus, suppetiimus	suppetīvistis, suppetiistis	suppetīvērunt, suppetīvēre, suppetiērunt, suppetiēre
	pluperfect	suppetīveram, suppetieram	suppetīverās, suppetierās	suppetīverat, suppetierat	suppetīverāmus, suppetierāmus	suppetīverātis, suppetierātis	suppetīverant, suppetierant
	future perfect	suppetīverō, suppetierō	suppetīveris, suppetieris	suppetīverit, suppetierit	suppetīverimus, suppetierimus	suppetīveritis, suppetieritis	suppetīverint, suppetierint
passive	present	suppetor	suppeteris, suppetere	suppetitur	suppetimur	suppetiminī	suppetuntur
	imperfect	suppetēbar	suppetēbāris, suppetēbāre	suppetēbātur	suppetēbāmur	suppetēbāminī	suppetēbantur
	future	suppetar	suppetēris, suppetēre	suppetētur	suppetēmur	suppetēminī	suppetentur
	perfect	suppetītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	suppetītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	suppetītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	suppetam	suppetās	suppetat	suppetāmus	suppetātis	suppetant
	imperfect	suppeterem	suppeterēs	suppeteret	suppeterēmus	suppeterētis	suppeterent
	perfect	suppetīverim, suppetierim	suppetīverīs, suppetierīs	suppetīverit, suppetierit	suppetīverīmus, suppetierīmus	suppetīverītis, suppetierītis	suppetīverint, suppetierint
	pluperfect	suppetīvissem, suppetiissem	suppetīvissēs, suppetiissēs	suppetīvisset, suppetiisset	suppetīvissēmus, suppetiissēmus	suppetīvissētis, suppetiissētis	suppetīvissent, suppetiissent
passive	present	suppetar	suppetāris, suppetāre	suppetātur	suppetāmur	suppetāminī	suppetantur
	imperfect	suppeterer	suppeterēris, suppeterēre	suppeterētur	suppeterēmur	suppeterēminī	suppeterentur
	perfect	suppetītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	suppetītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	suppete	—	—	suppetite	—
	future	—	suppetitō	suppetitō	—	suppetitōte	suppetuntō
passive	present	—	suppetere	—	—	suppetiminī	—
	future	—	suppetitor	suppetitor	—	—	suppetuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		suppetere	suppetīvisse, suppetiisse	suppetītūrum esse	suppetī	suppetītum esse	suppetītum īrī
participles		suppetēns	—	suppetītūrus	—	suppetītus	suppetendus, suppetundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		suppetendī	suppetendō	suppetendum	suppetendō	suppetītum	suppetītū

Derived terms

• suppetiae, subpetiae
• suppetiātus
• suppetilis
• suppetior
• suppetium

References

• “suppeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “suppeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• suppeto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • as long as one's strength holds out: dum vires suppetunt
    
  • as long as I live: dum vita suppetit; dum (quoad) vivo
    
  • if I live till then: si vita suppetit
    
  • I have abundance to say: res (opp. verba) mihi suppetit
    
  • his means suffice to defray daily expenses: copiae cotidianis sumptibus suppetunt (vid. sect. IV. 2, note suppeditare...)