suscito

See also: suscitó and suscitò

Catalan

Verb

suscito

1. first-person singular present indicative of suscitar

Italian

Verb

suscito

1. first-person singular present indicative of suscitare

Latin

Etymology

From sub- +‎ citō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsus.ki.toː/, [ˈs̠ʊs̠kɪt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃ.ʃi.to/, [ˈsuʃːit̪o]

Verb

suscitō (present infinitive suscitāre, perfect active suscitāvī, supine suscitātum); first conjugation

1. to encourage, stir up, awaken, wake up
2. to erect, build
   • c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, On the Nature of Things 5.1166–1167:

     quī dēlūbra deum nova tōtō suscitat orbī terrārum […]

     he who builds a new sanctuary of the gods for the whole world […]

3. to rekindle, excite
   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 3.20:

     Sīc nōbīs garrientibus libīdō mūtua et animōs simul et membra suscitat. Omnibus abiectīs amīculīs, hāctenus dēnique intēctī atque nūdātī bacchāmur in Venerem

     And so, as we chatted away, our desire for each other excited our emotions and bodies. We threw away all of our clothes, and then, finally uncovered and in the nude, we revelled for Venus [had sex in a frenzy]

Conjugation

Conjugation of suscitō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	suscitō	suscitās	suscitat	suscitāmus	suscitātis	suscitant
	imperfect	suscitābam	suscitābās	suscitābat	suscitābāmus	suscitābātis	suscitābant
	future	suscitābō	suscitābis	suscitābit	suscitābimus	suscitābitis	suscitābunt
	perfect	suscitāvī	suscitāvistī	suscitāvit	suscitāvimus	suscitāvistis	suscitāvērunt, suscitāvēre
	pluperfect	suscitāveram	suscitāverās	suscitāverat	suscitāverāmus	suscitāverātis	suscitāverant
	future perfect	suscitāverō	suscitāveris	suscitāverit	suscitāverimus	suscitāveritis	suscitāverint
passive	present	suscitor	suscitāris, suscitāre	suscitātur	suscitāmur	suscitāminī	suscitantur
	imperfect	suscitābar	suscitābāris, suscitābāre	suscitābātur	suscitābāmur	suscitābāminī	suscitābantur
	future	suscitābor	suscitāberis, suscitābere	suscitābitur	suscitābimur	suscitābiminī	suscitābuntur
	perfect	suscitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	suscitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	suscitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	suscitem	suscitēs	suscitet	suscitēmus	suscitētis	suscitent
	imperfect	suscitārem	suscitārēs	suscitāret	suscitārēmus	suscitārētis	suscitārent
	perfect	suscitāverim	suscitāverīs	suscitāverit	suscitāverīmus	suscitāverītis	suscitāverint
	pluperfect	suscitāvissem	suscitāvissēs	suscitāvisset	suscitāvissēmus	suscitāvissētis	suscitāvissent
passive	present	susciter	suscitēris, suscitēre	suscitētur	suscitēmur	suscitēminī	suscitentur
	imperfect	suscitārer	suscitārēris, suscitārēre	suscitārētur	suscitārēmur	suscitārēminī	suscitārentur
	perfect	suscitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	suscitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	suscitā	—	—	suscitāte	—
	future	—	suscitātō	suscitātō	—	suscitātōte	suscitantō
passive	present	—	suscitāre	—	—	suscitāminī	—
	future	—	suscitātor	suscitātor	—	—	suscitantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		suscitāre	suscitāvisse	suscitātūrum esse	suscitārī	suscitātum esse	suscitātum īrī
participles		suscitāns	—	suscitātūrus	—	suscitātus	suscitandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		suscitandī	suscitandō	suscitandum	suscitandō	suscitātum	suscitātū

Descendants

• French: susciter
• Italian: suscitare
• Piedmontese: sussité
• Portuguese: suscitar
• Romanian: sușta
• Spanish: asustar, sustar, suscitar

References

• “suscito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “suscito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• suscito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

suscito

1. first-person singular present indicative of suscitar

Spanish

Verb

suscito

1. first-person singular present indicative of suscitar