sūcus
sūc-us
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *soukos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, *sewk- (“juice; to suck”), itself possibly borrowed from Proto-Uralic *śuwe (“mouth”). Cognate with sūgō, Welsh sugno (“to suck”), sugnedydd (“pump”), Latvian sùkt (“to suck”), Proto-Slavic *sъsàti (“to suck”), and English suck. Apparently unrelated to Proto-Slavic *sokъ of the same meaning.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsuː.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsuː.kus]
Noun
sūcus m (genitive sūcī); second declension
- juice
- sap
- moisture
- (figuratively) strength, vitality, rigor, energy, life
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sūcus | sūcī |
| genitive | sūcī | sūcōrum |
| dative | sūcō | sūcīs |
| accusative | sūcum | sūcōs |
| ablative | sūcō | sūcīs |
| vocative | sūce | sūcī |