Latin

Alternative forms

• subficiō

Verb

sufficiō ‎(present infinitive sufficere, perfect active suffēcī, supine suffectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I supply, provide, afford, give, furnish, yield.
2. I put under or among.
3. I dip, dye, steep, impregnate, tinge, imbue.
4. I appoint to a vacancy, choose as a substitute, employ in.
5. (of a building) I lay a foundation for.
6. (intransitive) I am sufficient, am adequate, am capable, suffice, avail, satisfy.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (choose as a substitute): subrogō / surrogō

Derived terms

• sufficiēns
• sufficienter
• sufficientia

Related terms

Descendants

• English: suffice
• French: suffire

References

• sufficio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sufficio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sufficio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to elect a man to fill the place of another who has died whilst in office: sufficere aliquem in alicuius locum or alicui