suspecto

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative of suspiciō (“look at, see”) via its perfect passive participle suspectus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /susˈpek.toː/, [s̠ʊs̠ˈpɛkt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /susˈpek.to/, [susˈpɛkt̪o]

Verb

suspectō (present infinitive suspectāre, perfect active suspectāvī, supine suspectātum); first conjugation

1. to suspect, mistrust, be suspicious of

Conjugation

Conjugation of suspectō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	suspectō	suspectās	suspectat	suspectāmus	suspectātis	suspectant
	imperfect	suspectābam	suspectābās	suspectābat	suspectābāmus	suspectābātis	suspectābant
	future	suspectābō	suspectābis	suspectābit	suspectābimus	suspectābitis	suspectābunt
	perfect	suspectāvī	suspectāvistī	suspectāvit	suspectāvimus	suspectāvistis	suspectāvērunt, suspectāvēre
	pluperfect	suspectāveram	suspectāverās	suspectāverat	suspectāverāmus	suspectāverātis	suspectāverant
	future perfect	suspectāverō	suspectāveris	suspectāverit	suspectāverimus	suspectāveritis	suspectāverint
passive	present	suspector	suspectāris, suspectāre	suspectātur	suspectāmur	suspectāminī	suspectantur
	imperfect	suspectābar	suspectābāris, suspectābāre	suspectābātur	suspectābāmur	suspectābāminī	suspectābantur
	future	suspectābor	suspectāberis, suspectābere	suspectābitur	suspectābimur	suspectābiminī	suspectābuntur
	perfect	suspectātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	suspectātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	suspectātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	suspectem	suspectēs	suspectet	suspectēmus	suspectētis	suspectent
	imperfect	suspectārem	suspectārēs	suspectāret	suspectārēmus	suspectārētis	suspectārent
	perfect	suspectāverim	suspectāverīs	suspectāverit	suspectāverīmus	suspectāverītis	suspectāverint
	pluperfect	suspectāvissem	suspectāvissēs	suspectāvisset	suspectāvissēmus	suspectāvissētis	suspectāvissent
passive	present	suspecter	suspectēris, suspectēre	suspectētur	suspectēmur	suspectēminī	suspectentur
	imperfect	suspectārer	suspectārēris, suspectārēre	suspectārētur	suspectārēmur	suspectārēminī	suspectārentur
	perfect	suspectātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	suspectātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	suspectā	—	—	suspectāte	—
	future	—	suspectātō	suspectātō	—	suspectātōte	suspectantō
passive	present	—	suspectāre	—	—	suspectāminī	—
	future	—	suspectātor	suspectātor	—	—	suspectantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		suspectāre	suspectāvisse	suspectātūrum esse	suspectārī	suspectātum esse	suspectātum īrī
participles		suspectāns	—	suspectātūrus	—	suspectātus	suspectandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		suspectandī	suspectandō	suspectandum	suspectandō	suspectātum	suspectātū

Descendants

• Catalan: sospitar
• → French: suspecter
• Galician: sospeitar
• Italian: sospettare
• Portuguese: suspeitar
• Spanish: sospechar

Participle

suspectō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of suspectus

References

• “suspecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “suspecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• suspecto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• suspecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.