suesco Latin · revision 5791

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *swe-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsʷeːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsʷɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suēscō''' (present infinitive suēscere, perfect active suēvī, supine suētum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is an inchoative [[inh|itc-pro|*swē(þ)-sk-e/o-]], from a phrase *suē-dʰh₁- “to make one's own”, with the reflexive stem *swe- “self” and the root *dʰeh₁- “to put”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Cognate with [[grc|εἴωθα|tr=eíōtha|t=to be accustomed]] and [[grc|ἔθος|tr=éthos|t=custom]], and the OLD compares [[sa|स्वधा|tr=svadhā́|t=usual state]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) The compounds such as [[cōnsuēscō]] are older, and the simple verb is a back-formation.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Lucretius, who says the Greeks are accustomed to call these stars by a name.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to become accustomed to doing something, with an infinitive, and in the perfect ''suēvī'' “I am accustomed”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Transitively it was to accustom or train, as Tacitus' Tacfarinas trained picked men in Roman discipline.^(OLD 2012) Tacitus also has ''mīlitiae suēscere'', to get used to soldiering.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Its compounds were much more common: ''cōnsuētūdō'' “custom” gave Old French ''costume'' and [[en|custom]] about 1200, and ''mānsuēscere'' “to tame”, from [[manus]] “hand”, gave [[en|mansuetude]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of training soldiers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''custom'' is recorded, from ''cōnsuētūdō''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To become [[m|en|accustomed]] (to), (perfect) to be accustomed.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To accustom, [[m|en|habituate]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[assuēscō]]

+ * [[cōnsuēscō]]

+ * [[dēsuēscō]]

+ * [[īnsuēscō]]

+ * [[īnsuētus]]

+ * [[mānsuēs]]

+ * [[adsuēscō]]

+ * [[mānsuēsco]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sodālis]]

+ * [[cōnsuētūdō]]

+ * [[en|custom]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}