suffitus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of suffiō (“fumigate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sufˈfiː.tus/, [s̠ʊfˈfiːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sufˈfi.tus/, [sufˈfiːt̪us]

Participle

suffītus (feminine suffīta, neuter suffītum); first/second-declension participle

1. fumigated, perfumed, having been scented.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	suffītus	suffīta	suffītum		suffītī	suffītae	suffīta
Genitive	suffītī	suffītae	suffītī		suffītōrum	suffītārum	suffītōrum
Dative	suffītō		suffītō		suffītīs
Accusative	suffītum	suffītam	suffītum		suffītōs	suffītās	suffīta
Ablative	suffītō	suffītā	suffītō		suffītīs
Vocative	suffīte	suffīta	suffītum		suffītī	suffītae	suffīta

Noun

suffītus m (genitive suffītūs); fourth declension

1. a fumigating, fumigation
2. the smoke of fumigation.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	suffītus	suffītūs
Genitive	suffītūs	suffītuum
Dative	suffītuī	suffītibus
Accusative	suffītum	suffītūs
Ablative	suffītū	suffītibus
Vocative	suffītus	suffītūs

Synonyms

• (a fumigating): suffītiō

References

• “suffitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• suffitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.