Estonian

Noun

suus

1. Inessive singular form of suu.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé ‎(“self”). See also Ancient Greek ἑός ‎(heós), Russian свой ‎(svoj), Old Irish fein ‎(“self, himself”), German sein, Old Norse sik ‎(“oneself”), Gothic swes ‎(swes, “one's own”), Old Church Slavonic свои ‎(svoi, “his, her, its”) and своꙗкъ ‎(svojakŭ, “kinsman, relative”), Latin suescere ‎(“to accustom, get accustomed”) and sodalis ‎(“companion”), Sanskrit स्व ‎(sva, “one's own”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.us/, [ˈsʊ.ʊs]

Pronoun

suus m ‎(feminine sua, neuter suum); first/second declension

1. (possessive, reflexive) his, her/hers, its, their

Usage notes

The choice of gender is determined by the noun possessed, and not by the gender of the person who possesses the object.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Synonyms

• sapsa (very rare)

Descendants

See also

• tuus
• se

References

• suus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• suus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SUUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “suus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to outlive, survive all one's kin: omnium suorum or omnibus suis superstitem esse
    
  • to take measures for one's safety; to look after one's own interests: saluti suae consulere, prospicere
    
  • to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid alienum (a) dignitate sua or merely a se ducere
    
  • to give up one's opinion: a sententia sua discedere
    
  • to give up one's opinion: de sententia sua decedere
    
  • to enter a thing in one's note-book: aliquid in commentarios suos referre (Tusc. 3. 22. 54)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse
    
  • to vent one's anger, spite on some one: virus acerbitatis suae effundere in aliquem (De Amic. 23. 87)
    
  • to squander all one's property: lacerare bona sua (Verr. 3. 70. 164)
    
  • to be careful of one's dignity: dignitati suae servire, consulere
    
  • to reduce a country to subjection to oneself: terram suae dicionis facere
    
  • (ambiguous) to make oneself master of a people, country: populum, terram suo imperio, suae potestati subicere (not sibi by itself)
    
  • that is self-evident, goes without saying: hoc sua sponte appāret
    
  • (ambiguous) to outlive, survive all one's kin: omnium suorum or omnibus suis superstitem esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to shed one's blood for one's fatherland: sanguinem suum pro patria effundere or profundere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be interred (at the expense of the state, at one's own cost): funere efferri or simply efferri (publice; publico, suo sumptu)
    
  • (ambiguous) to risk one's life: salutem, vitam suam in discrimen offerre (not exponere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to take measures for one's safety; to look after one's own interests: suis rebus or sibi consulere
    
  • (ambiguous) to employ in the furtherance of one's interests: aliquid in usum suum conferre
    
  • (ambiguous) to consider one's own advantage in everything: omnia ad suam utilitatem referre
    
  • (ambiguous) to use up, make full use of one's spare time: otio abūti or otium ad suum usum transferre
    
  • (ambiguous) to win a man over to one's own way of thinking: aliquem ad suam sententiam perducere or in suam sententiam adducere
    
  • (ambiguous) to freely express one's opinions: sententiam suam aperire
    
  • (ambiguous) to act in accordance with one's convictions: suo iudicio uti
    
  • (ambiguous) to go one's own way, proceed independently: suo consilio uti
    
  • (ambiguous) to win renown amongst posterity by some act: nomen suum posteritati aliqua re commendare, propagare, prodere
    
  • (ambiguous) to take a thing to heart: demittere aliquid in pectus or in pectus animumque suum
    
  • (ambiguous) Cicero says in his 'Laelius.: Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius
    
  • (ambiguous) to bury oneself in one's library: se abdere in bibliothecam suam
    
  • (ambiguous) to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: de statu suo or mentis deici (Att. 16. 15)
    
  • (ambiguous) to despair of one's position: desperare suis rebus
    
  • (ambiguous) to set one's hope on some one: spem suam ponere, collocare in aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officium suum facere, servare, colere, tueri, exsequi, praestare
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo satisfacere (Div. in Caec. 14. 47)
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo fungi
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: officium suum deserere, neglegere
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: officio suo deesse (Fam. 7. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be courteous, obliging to some one: aliquem officiis suis complecti, prosequi
    
  • (ambiguous) to follow one's inclinations: studiis suis obsequi (De Or. 1. 1. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to indulge one's caprice: sibi or ingenio suo indulgere (Nep. Chabr. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to welcome to one's house (opp. to shut one's door against some one): tecto, (in) domum suam aliquem recipere (opp. prohibere aliquem tecto, domo)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a strict disciplinarian in one's household: severum imperium in suis exercere, tenere (De Sen. 11. 37)
    
  • (ambiguous) to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere: sedem ac domicilium (fortunas suas) constituere alicubi
    
  • (ambiguous) to go into mourning: vestem mutare (opp. ad vestitum suum redire) (Planc. 12. 29)
    
  • (ambiguous) to live on one's means: de suo (opp. alieno) vivere
    
  • (ambiguous) to squander all one's property: dissipare rem familiarem (suam)
    
  • (ambiguous) to invite some one to one's house: invitare aliquem tecto ac domo or domum suam (Liv. 3. 14. 5)
    
  • (ambiguous) to separate from, divorce (of the man): aliquam suas res sibi habere iubere (Phil. 2. 28. 69)
    
  • (ambiguous) to keep up a usage: consuetudinem suam tenere, retinere,[TR1] servare
    
  • (ambiguous) to have no debts: in suis nummis versari (Verr. 4. 6. 11)
    
  • (ambiguous) (a state) has its own laws, is autonomous: suis legibus utitur (B. G. 1. 45. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to guard, maintain one's dignity: dignitatem suam tueri, defendere, retinere, obtinere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis): suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum)
    
  • (ambiguous) to assert one's right: ius suum persequi
    
  • (ambiguous) to obtain justice: ius suum adipisci (Liv. 1. 32. 10)
    
  • (ambiguous) to maintain one's right: ius suum tenere, obtinere
    
  • (ambiguous) to waive one's right: de iure suo decedere or cedere
    
  • (ambiguous) in a favourable position: idoneo, aequo, suo (opp. iniquo) loco
    
  • (ambiguous) to reduce a country to subjection to oneself: populum in potestatem suam redigere (B. G. 2. 34)
    
  • (ambiguous) to make oneself master of a people, country: populum, terram suo imperio, suae potestati subicere (not sibi by itself)
    
  • (ambiguous) with perfect right: meo (tuo, suo) iure
    
• suus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016