suscipiō, suscipere, suscēpī, susceptum

Definitions for suscipere

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to undertake
English derivatives:
susceptible susceptibility

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To catch from below, save from falling or being lost. (b) to support, bear up (a structure; also, a person carried).
2
To take (a load) in succession to another. (b) sermonem ~ipere, to take up the conversation, continue, reply, etc.; sim. ~ipere alone.
3
To take (up), receive (in more or less physical sense). (b) to receive into one's being, absorb, etc.; to take in with the mind or sim.
4
(of a father) To take (a new-born child) in his arms and so acknowledge it or accept it into his family, instead of exposing it (= tollo, sense 2); also, to take (another person's child) into one's family. adopt. (b) (more vaguely, of either parent) to get or have (a child).
5
To take (a person) under one's protection (as a pupil, client, etc.). (b) to receive into one's home, give shelter to.

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Sentences with suscipere

Latin to English

Sī quis hunc labōrem suscēpisset, mīlle virōs servāvisset.Compare If someone had undertaken this work, he would have saved a thousand men.

At vos hic causa suscipio atque defendo?Compare But do you undertake and defend this cause?

Oro atque obsecro is, ut, misereor Athenienses, bellum suscipio.Compare They pray and entreat them, in pity to the Athenians to undertake the war.

Ea natura multitudinis est: aut servit humiliter, aut superbe dominatur, libertatem, quae media est, nec suscipere modice nec habere sciunt.Compare Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.

Conjugation table for suscipere

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
suscipiō suscipis suscipit suscipimus suscipitis suscipiunt	suscipiēbam suscipiēbās suscipiēbat suscipiēbāmus suscipiēbātis suscipiēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
suscēpī suscēpistī suscēpit suscēpimus suscēpistis suscēpērunt / suscēpēre	suscēperam suscēperās suscēperat suscēperāmus suscēperātis suscēperant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
suscipiam suscipiēs suscipiet suscipiēmus suscipiētis suscipient	suscēperō suscēperis suscēperit suscēperimus suscēperitis suscēperint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
suscipiam suscipiās suscipiat suscipiāmus suscipiātis suscipiant	susciperem susciperēs susciperet susciperēmus susciperētis susciperent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
suscēperim suscēperis suscēperit suscēperimus suscēperitis suscēperint	suscēpissem suscēpissēs suscēpisset suscēpissēmus suscēpissētis suscēpissent
Infinitive present suscipere Infinitive perfect suscēpisse Infinitive future susceptūrum esse	Imperative present suscipe suscipite Imperative future suscipitō suscipitō suscipitōte suscipiuntō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
suscipior susciperis suscipitur suscipimur suscipiminī suscipiuntur	suscipiēbar suscipiēbāris / suscipiēbāre suscipiēbātur suscipiēbāmur suscipiēbāminī suscipiēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
susceptus sum susceptus es susceptus est susceptī sumus susceptī estis susceptī sunt	susceptus eram susceptus erās susceptus erat susceptī erāmus susceptī erātis susceptī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
suscipiar suscipiēris / suscipiēre suscipiētur suscipiēmur suscipiēminī suscipientur	susceptus erō susceptus eris susceptus erit susceptī erimus susceptī eritis susceptī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
suscipiar suscipiāris / suscipiāre suscipiātur suscipiāmur suscipiāminī suscipiantur	susciperer susciperēris / susciperēre susciperētur susciperēmur susciperēminī susciperentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
susceptus sim susceptus sīs susceptus sit susceptī sīmus susceptī sītis susceptī sint	susceptus essem susceptus essēs susceptus esset susceptī essēmus susceptī essētis susceptī essent
Infinitive present suscipī Infinitive perfect susceptum esse Infinitive future susceptum īrī	Imperative present suscipere suscipiminī Imperative future suscipitor suscipitor - suscipiuntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	suscipiēns	suscipientēs
Gen.	suscipientis	suscipientium
Dat.	suscipientī	suscipientibus
Acc.	suscipientem	suscipientēs
Abl.	suscipiente	suscipientibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	susceptūrus	susceptūrī
Gen.	susceptūrī	susceptūrōrum
Dat.	susceptūrō	susceptūrīs
Acc.	susceptūrum	susceptūrōs
Abl.	susceptūrō	susceptūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	susceptus	susceptī
Gen.	susceptī	susceptōrum
Dat.	susceptō	susceptīs
Acc.	susceptum	susceptōs
Abl.	susceptō	susceptīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	suscipiendus	suscipiendī
Gen.	suscipiendī	suscipiendōrum
Dat.	suscipiendō	suscipiendīs
Acc.	suscipiendum	suscipiendōs
Abl.	suscipiendō	suscipiendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	suscipere	susceptum
Gen.	suscipiendī	susceptū
Dat.	suscipiendō
Acc.	suscipiendum
Abl.	suscipiendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 167.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1888.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119-219.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "suscipiō, suscipere, suscēpī, susceptum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified October 5, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/suscipio-suscipere-suscepi-susceptum.