suspectus

suspectus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of suspiciō (mistrust, suspect).

Pronunciation

Participle

suspectus (feminine suspecta, neuter suspectum, comparative suspectior); first/second-declension participle

  1. mistrusted, suspected, having been suspected
  2. (in an active sense) suspicious, mistrustful
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative suspectus suspecta suspectum suspectī suspectae suspecta
genitive suspectī suspectae suspectī suspectōrum suspectārum suspectōrum
dative suspectō suspectae suspectō suspectīs
accusative suspectum suspectam suspectum suspectōs suspectās suspecta
ablative suspectō suspectā suspectō suspectīs
vocative suspecte suspecta suspectum suspectī suspectae suspecta
Descendants
  • Catalan: suspecte (learned)
  • English: suspect
  • French: suspect

Etymology 2

    From suspiciō + -tus (forming action nouns).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    suspectus m (genitive suspectūs); fourth declension

    1. the act of looking up or upwards
    2. high regard, esteem, respect
    Declension

    Fourth-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative suspectus suspectūs
    genitive suspectūs suspectuum
    dative suspectuī suspectibus
    accusative suspectum suspectūs
    ablative suspectū suspectibus
    vocative suspectus suspectūs

    Further reading

    • suspectus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • suspectus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • suspectus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • suspectus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • suspectus / suspectŭs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • "suspectus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to make a person suspected: aliquem in suspicionem adducere (alicui), aliquem suspectum reddere