suscipio Latin · revision 17908

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=itc-pro *kapi-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sʊsˈkɪ.pi.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [suʃˈʃiː.pi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suscipiō''' (present infinitive suscipere, perfect active suscēpī, supine susceptum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''succipiō''; some ancient grammarians, such as Caper, used ''succ-'' for “catch from below” and ''susc-'' for “undertake”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|sub-|capiō|t2=to take]], with ⟨sus-⟩ for ⟨subs-⟩, “to take up from below”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|capiō]] to [[itc-pro|*kapi-|t=to seize]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has ''Iovī vōta suscipere'', “to undertake vows to Jupiter”.^(OLD 2012) Terence uses it of a father acknowledging a newborn child.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In its physical sense ''suscipere'' is “to catch from below, hold up”, “to take over” a load, and “to take up, receive”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) A father ''suscipit'' a newborn child when he takes it in his arms and so accepts it into his family instead of exposing it; hence also “to beget” children.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It means to take a person under one's protection, to assume a role or guise, to take up a matter or an opinion, to take sides (''partēs suscipere''), and above all “to undertake” a task, a vow, a case or a war, and to face a danger or a liability.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “take, receive, accept, uphold, undertake, protect, support, lift up”.^(Stelten 1995) Döderlein contrasts ''[[sūmō|alt=sūmere]]'', to take something up to use it, with ''[[capiō|alt=capere]]'', to lay hold of it to possess it.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''Iovī vōta suscipere''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''pollicitus sum susceptūrum'', “I promised to acknowledge (the child)”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius: the sun ''suscēpit lampada mundī'', “caught the torch of the world” as Phaethon fell.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero recommends a man to Varro, ''ut tōtum tē susciperet'', “to take you entirely under his care”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To catch from below, hold up, [[m|en|support]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To take up, [[m|en|receive]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To acknowledge (a newborn child); to beget.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To take under one's protection.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To assume (a role); to take up (a cause or opinion); ''partēs suscipere'', to take sides.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|undertake]] (a task, vow, case or war).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To incur, face (a danger or liability).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[assuscipio]]

+ * [[insusceptus]]

+ * [[susceptibilis]]

+ * [[susceptiō]]

+ * [[susceptīvus]]

+ * [[suscepto]]

+ * [[susceptor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[susceptum]]

+ * [[capiō]]

+ * [[recipiō]]

+ * [[excipiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}