suffoco

Latin

Etymology

From sub (“under”) + faux (“the upper part of the throat, the pharynx”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sufˈfoː.koː/, [sʊfˈfoː.koː]

Verb

suffōcō (present infinitive suffōcāre, perfect active suffōcāvī, supine suffōcātum); first conjugation

  1. I choke, stifle, strangle or suffocate

Inflection
   Conjugation of suffoco (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present suffōcō suffōcās suffōcat suffōcāmus suffōcātis suffōcant
imperfect suffōcābam suffōcābās suffōcābat suffōcābāmus suffōcābātis suffōcābant
future suffōcābō suffōcābis suffōcābit suffōcābimus suffōcābitis suffōcābunt
perfect suffōcāvī suffōcāvistī suffōcāvit suffōcāvimus suffōcāvistis suffōcāvērunt, suffōcāvēre
pluperfect suffōcāveram suffōcāverās suffōcāverat suffōcāverāmus suffōcāverātis suffōcāverant
future perfect suffōcāverō suffōcāveris suffōcāverit suffōcāverimus suffōcāveritis suffōcāverint
passive present suffōcor suffōcāris, suffōcāre suffōcātur suffōcāmur suffōcāminī suffōcantur
imperfect suffōcābar suffōcābāris, suffōcābāre suffōcābātur suffōcābāmur suffōcābāminī suffōcābantur
future suffōcābor suffōcāberis, suffōcābere suffōcābitur suffōcābimur suffōcābiminī suffōcābuntur
perfect suffōcātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect suffōcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect suffōcātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present suffōcem suffōcēs suffōcet suffōcēmus suffōcētis suffōcent
imperfect suffōcārem suffōcārēs suffōcāret suffōcārēmus suffōcārētis suffōcārent
perfect suffōcāverim suffōcāverīs suffōcāverit suffōcāverimus suffōcāveritis suffōcāverint
pluperfect suffōcāvissem suffōcāvissēs suffōcāvisset suffōcāvissēmus suffōcāvissētis suffōcāvissent
passive present suffōcer suffōcēris, suffōcēre suffōcētur suffōcēmur suffōcēminī suffōcentur
imperfect suffōcārer suffōcārēris, suffōcārēre suffōcārētur suffōcārēmur suffōcārēminī suffōcārentur
perfect suffōcātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect suffōcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — suffōcā — — suffōcāte —
future — suffōcātō suffōcātō — suffōcātōte suffōcantō
passive present — suffōcāre — — suffōcāminī —
future — suffōcātor suffōcātor — — suffōcantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives suffōcāre suffōcāvisse suffōcātūrus esse suffōcārī suffōcātus esse suffōcātum īrī
participles suffōcāns — suffōcātūrus — suffōcātus suffōcandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
suffōcāre suffōcandī suffōcandō suffōcandum suffōcātum suffōcātū

Descendants

References
  • suffoco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • suffoco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • suffoco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • suffoco in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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