Latin edit

Etymology edit

Probably related to sūcus, apart from which assumption there is no testimony of the root vowel's length. A connection to sūs is less likely.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

sū̆riō (present infinitive sū̆rīre); fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. (of male animals) to be on heat
  2. (of fruits) to be succulent

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of sū̆riō (fourth conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sū̆riō sū̆rīs sū̆rit sū̆rīmus sū̆rītis sū̆riunt
imperfect sū̆riēbam sū̆riēbās sū̆riēbat sū̆riēbāmus sū̆riēbātis sū̆riēbant
future sū̆riam sū̆riēs sū̆riet sū̆riēmus sū̆riētis sū̆rient
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sū̆riam sū̆riās sū̆riat sū̆riāmus sū̆riātis sū̆riant
imperfect sū̆rīrem sū̆rīrēs sū̆rīret sū̆rīrēmus sū̆rīrētis sū̆rīrent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sū̆rī sū̆rīte
future sū̆rītō sū̆rītō sū̆rītōte sū̆riuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives sū̆rīre
participles sū̆riēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
sū̆riendī sū̆riendō sū̆riendum sū̆riendō

References edit

  • surio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • surio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “surio”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 637