suffio

Latin

Alternative forms

• subfiō

Etymology

From sub- (“under, within”) +‎ *fiō, likely cognate with Ancient Greek θύω (thúō), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke”), whence also fūmus (“smoke, steam”) and fūlīgō (“soot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsʊf.fi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsuf.fi.o]

Verb

suffiō (present infinitive suffīre, perfect active suffīvī or suffiī, supine suffītum); fourth conjugation

1. to fumigate, perfume, scent

Conjugation

   Conjugation of suffiō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	suffiō		suffīs		suffit		suffīmus		suffītis		suffiunt
	imperfect	suffiēbam		suffiēbās		suffiēbat		suffiēbāmus		suffiēbātis		suffiēbant
	future	suffiam		suffiēs		suffiet		suffiēmus		suffiētis		suffient
	perfect	suffīvī, suffiī		suffīvistī, suffiistī		suffīvit, suffiit		suffīvimus, suffiimus		suffīvistis, suffiistis		suffīvērunt, suffīvēre, suffiērunt, suffiēre
	pluperfect	suffīveram, suffieram		suffīverās, suffierās		suffīverat, suffierat		suffīverāmus, suffierāmus		suffīverātis, suffierātis		suffīverant, suffierant
	future perfect	suffīverō, suffierō		suffīveris, suffieris		suffīverit, suffierit		suffīverimus, suffierimus		suffīveritis, suffieritis		suffīverint, suffierint
passive	present	suffior		suffīris, suffīre		suffītur		suffīmur		suffīminī		suffiuntur
	imperfect	suffiēbar		suffiēbāris, suffiēbāre		suffiēbātur		suffiēbāmur		suffiēbāminī		suffiēbantur
	future	suffiar		suffiēris, suffiēre		suffiētur		suffiēmur		suffiēminī		suffientur
	perfect	suffītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	suffītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	suffītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	suffiam		suffiās		suffiat		suffiāmus		suffiātis		suffiant
	imperfect	suffīrem		suffīrēs		suffīret		suffīrēmus		suffīrētis		suffīrent
	perfect	suffīverim, suffierim		suffīverīs, suffierīs		suffīverit, suffierit		suffīverīmus, suffierīmus		suffīverītis, suffierītis		suffīverint, suffierint
	pluperfect	suffīvissem, suffiissem		suffīvissēs, suffiissēs		suffīvisset, suffiisset		suffīvissēmus, suffiissēmus		suffīvissētis, suffiissētis		suffīvissent, suffiissent
passive	present	suffiar		suffiāris, suffiāre		suffiātur		suffiāmur		suffiāminī		suffiantur
	imperfect	suffīrer		suffīrēris, suffīrēre		suffīrētur		suffīrēmur		suffīrēminī		suffīrentur
	perfect	suffītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	suffītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		suffī		—		—		suffīte		—
	future	—		suffītō		suffītō		—		suffītōte		suffiuntō
passive	present	—		suffīre		—		—		suffīminī		—
	future	—		suffītor		suffītor		—		—		suffiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		suffīre			suffīrī			suffiēns			—
future		suffītūrum esse			suffītum īrī			suffītūrus			suffiendus, suffiundus
perfect		suffīvisse, suffiisse			suffītum esse			—			suffītus
future perfect		—			suffītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		suffītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		suffiendī		suffiendō		suffiendum		suffiendō		suffītum		suffītū

Derived terms

• suffīmen
• suffīmentō
• suffītiō
• suffītor
• suffītus

References

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