suck
suck
v. trans.
V. σπᾶν (Aesch. Choe. 533), ἀ̆νασπᾶν, ἀ̆φέλκειν, Ar. and V. ῥοφεῖν, ἕλκειν.
Suck the breast: V. μαστὸν ἀμφῐχάσκειν.
Suck milk: ἐξᾰμέλγειν γά̆λᾰ.
Give suck: see suckle.
v. trans.
V. σπᾶν (Aesch. Choe. 533), ἀ̆νασπᾶν, ἀ̆φέλκειν, Ar. and V. ῥοφεῖν, ἕλκειν.
Suck the breast: V. μαστὸν ἀμφῐχάσκειν.
Suck milk: ἐξᾰμέλγειν γά̆λᾰ.
Give suck: see suckle.
SUCK
v. Transitively sugere (the proper word): bibere (suck up drink in; e.g. spongia aquam bibit). To suck in imbibere bibere (e.g. colorem): to suck in false notions with one’s mother’s milk errores cum lacte nutricis sugere: a sucking-pump *antlia aquas sugens bibens: to suck out exsugere.
Figuratively To exhaust enfeeble exhaurire; exinanire; expilare (to exhaust the strength of a country); defenerare; fenore trucidare (to drain with usury): to suck the life’s blood out of anyone alicujus medullam perbibere; alicujus sanguinem or aliquem absorbere (comedy).
Intransitively sugere: sugere mammam matris. A sucking (pig etc.) lactens (with substantive; a suckling: subrumus only in the language of peasants): to let anything suck ad ubera admittere aliquem (of animals); ad mammam matris admovere aliquem (of a person making a young animal suck: subrumare belongs to the language of peasants); mammam dare or praebere alicui (of a mother): to suck still he still sucks his mother’s teats adhuc sub mamma (or sub mammis of several) haberi: a sucking-spoon or boat *rostrum ad sugendum factum.
v. Transitively sugere (the proper word): bibere (suck up drink in; e.g. spongia aquam bibit). To suck in imbibere bibere (e.g. colorem): to suck in false notions with one’s mother’s milk errores cum lacte nutricis sugere: a sucking-pump *antlia aquas sugens bibens: to suck out exsugere.
Figuratively To exhaust enfeeble exhaurire; exinanire; expilare (to exhaust the strength of a country); defenerare; fenore trucidare (to drain with usury): to suck the life’s blood out of anyone alicujus medullam perbibere; alicujus sanguinem or aliquem absorbere (comedy).
Intransitively sugere: sugere mammam matris. A sucking (pig etc.) lactens (with substantive; a suckling: subrumus only in the language of peasants): to let anything suck ad ubera admittere aliquem (of animals); ad mammam matris admovere aliquem (of a person making a young animal suck: subrumare belongs to the language of peasants); mammam dare or praebere alicui (of a mother): to suck still he still sucks his mother’s teats adhuc sub mamma (or sub mammis of several) haberi: a sucking-spoon or boat *rostrum ad sugendum factum.
s. by the verb or by circumlocution with mamma or uber; e.g. to give suck mammam dare or praebere; uber dare (Plin.); nutrire infantem admoto ubere (Phaedrus.).
suck (subs.): suctus (act of s.ing): v. SUCTION . Phr.: to give s. (v. TO SUCKLE ): to look for s., mammam appetere, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85: to be able to give s., lactescere, Plin. 11, 41, 96.
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A. Trans.:
1. sūgo, xi, ctum, 3: to s. teats, ubera s., Ov. Fast. 2, 419: to s. the dam, s. mammam matris, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20. Fig.: to s. in error with one's mother's milk, cum lacte nutricis errorem suxisse, Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2.
2. sorbeo, ui, 2 (to s. in): Charybdis s.s in the waves, Ch. s. fluctus, Virg. Aen. 3, 442. Phr.: to s. one's life-blood, sanguinem exsorbere, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 225: v.TO SWALLOW , DRINK .
3. exsūgo (to s. out): to s. a wound, e. vulnus, Cels. 5, 273: to s. out poison, e. venena, Plin. 23, 1, 27. Fig.: I will s. his blood, illi sanguinem e., Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 37.
4. exsorbeo: to s. eggs, e. ova, Plin. 28, 2, 4.
5. bĭbo, bĭbi, 3: to s. milk, b. lac, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 22: earth s.s in moisture, terra b. humorem, Virg. Georg. 2, 218: sponges s. up the white dye, spongiae candorem b., Plin. 31, 47, 1: v.TO IMBIBE , DRINK (IN) .
6. dūco, xi, ctum, 3: to s. the juice from flowers, *sucum e floribus d., Georg.
7. trăho, traxi, tractum, 3: moisture is s.'d up, humor trahitur, Col. 3, 18: s. dry breasts, ubera sicca trahentes, Luc. 3, 351.
8. ēbĭbo, bĭbi, bĭbĭtum, 3: the sea s.s in rivers, fretum e. amnes, Ov. Met. 8, 837: wool s.s up the crimson dye, lana saniem e., Plin. 9, 38, 62.
B. Intrans.:
1. sūgo: some animals s., alia animalia s., Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122.
2. ūbera dūco, Juv. 12, 7. To let s., ad ubera admittere (of animals with their young): the mare lets her foal s., equa partum ad u. a., Plin. 8, 42, ad fin.: *ad mammam matris admovere (of men putting young animals to s.): Georg.: subrūmo, 1 (of lambs, a peasants' word): Col.--Sucking, lactens: a s.ing child, puer l., Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85: s.ing cubs, l. catuli, Ov. A. A. 2, 375: a s.ing pig, porcus l., Varr. R. R. 2, 4, fin.: lacteus: a s.ing pig, l. porcus, Mart. 3, 47.
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A. Trans.:
1. sūgo, xi, ctum, 3: to s. teats, ubera s., Ov. Fast. 2, 419: to s. the dam, s. mammam matris, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20. Fig.: to s. in error with one's mother's milk, cum lacte nutricis errorem suxisse, Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2.
2. sorbeo, ui, 2 (to s. in): Charybdis s.s in the waves, Ch. s. fluctus, Virg. Aen. 3, 442. Phr.: to s. one's life-blood, sanguinem exsorbere, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 225: v.
3. exsūgo (to s. out): to s. a wound, e. vulnus, Cels. 5, 273: to s. out poison, e. venena, Plin. 23, 1, 27. Fig.: I will s. his blood, illi sanguinem e., Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 37.
4. exsorbeo: to s. eggs, e. ova, Plin. 28, 2, 4.
5. bĭbo, bĭbi, 3: to s. milk, b. lac, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 22: earth s.s in moisture, terra b. humorem, Virg. Georg. 2, 218: sponges s. up the white dye, spongiae candorem b., Plin. 31, 47, 1: v.
6. dūco, xi, ctum, 3: to s. the juice from flowers, *sucum e floribus d., Georg.
7. trăho, traxi, tractum, 3: moisture is s.'d up, humor trahitur, Col. 3, 18: s. dry breasts, ubera sicca trahentes, Luc. 3, 351.
8. ēbĭbo, bĭbi, bĭbĭtum, 3: the sea s.s in rivers, fretum e. amnes, Ov. Met. 8, 837: wool s.s up the crimson dye, lana saniem e., Plin. 9, 38, 62.
B. Intrans.:
1. sūgo: some animals s., alia animalia s., Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122.
2. ūbera dūco, Juv. 12, 7. To let s., ad ubera admittere (of animals with their young): the mare lets her foal s., equa partum ad u. a., Plin. 8, 42, ad fin.: *ad mammam matris admovere (of men putting young animals to s.): Georg.: subrūmo, 1 (of lambs, a peasants' word): Col.--Sucking, lactens: a s.ing child, puer l., Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85: s.ing cubs, l. catuli, Ov. A. A. 2, 375: a s.ing pig, porcus l., Varr. R. R. 2, 4, fin.: lacteus: a s.ing pig, l. porcus, Mart. 3, 47.