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): /ˈsuf.fi.oː/, [ˈs̠ʊfːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsuf.fi.o/, [ˈsufːio]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		suffīre	suffīvisse, suffiisse	suffītūrum esse	suffīrī	suffītum esse	suffītum īrī
participles		suffiēns	—	suffītūrus	—	suffītus	suffiendus, suffiundus
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.