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		suscitāvēre, suscitāvērunt
	pluperfect	suscitāveram		suscitāverās		suscitāverat		suscitāverāmus		suscitāverātis		suscitāverant
	future perfect	suscitāverō		suscitāveris		suscitāverit		suscitāverimus		suscitāveritis		suscitāverint
passive	present	suscitor		suscitāre, suscitāris		suscitātur		suscitāmur		suscitāminī		suscitantur
	imperfect	suscitābar		suscitābāre, suscitābāris		suscitābātur		suscitābāmur		suscitābāminī		suscitābantur
	future	suscitābor		suscitābere, suscitāberis		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		suscitēre, suscitēris		suscitētur		suscitēmur		suscitēminī		suscitentur
	imperfect	suscitārer		suscitārēre, suscitārēris		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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		suscitāre			suscitārī			suscitāns			—
future		suscitātūrum esse			suscitātum īrī			suscitātūrus			suscitandus
perfect		suscitāvisse			suscitātum esse			—			suscitātus
future perfect		—			suscitātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		suscitātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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