suppeto
Latin
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edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsup.pe.toː/, [ˈs̠ʊpːɛt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsup.pe.to/, [ˈsupːet̪o]
Verb
editsuppetō (present infinitive suppetere, perfect active suppetīvī or suppetiī, supine suppetītum); third conjugation
- to be available, present or at hand
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.3:
- His rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti constituerunt ea quae ad proficiscendum pertinerent comparare […] sementes quam maximas facere, ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret, cum proximis civitatibus pacem et amicitiam confirmare.
- Induced by these considerations, and influenced by the authority of Orgetorix, they determined to provide such things as were necessary for their expedition […] to make their sowings as large as possible, so that on their march plenty of corn might be in store — and to establish peace and friendship with the neighboring states.
- His rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti constituerunt ea quae ad proficiscendum pertinerent comparare […] sementes quam maximas facere, ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret, cum proximis civitatibus pacem et amicitiam confirmare.
- to be equal to, or sufficient for
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edit- “suppeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “suppeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- suppeto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- as long as one's strength holds out: dum vires suppetunt
- as long as I live: dum vita suppetit; dum (quoad) vivo
- if I live till then: si vita suppetit
- I have abundance to say: res (opp. verba) mihi suppetit
- his means suffice to defray daily expenses: copiae cotidianis sumptibus suppetunt (vid. sect. IV. 2, note suppeditare...)
- as long as one's strength holds out: dum vires suppetunt
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