sufficio

sufficiō, fēcī, fectus, 3, a. and n.: to make or produce underneath or within anything; dye; tinge, suffuse, 2.210; raise up, produce; supply, lend, afford, 2.618; to be adequate to, sufficient for; strong enough, able, 5.22. (sub and faciō)

suf-fĭcĭo (subf-), fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. and n. [facio].

• Act.
• • A To put under or among.
  • • 1 Of a building, to lay the foundation for: opus. Curt. 5, 1, 29 Zumpt. —
    • 2 Esp., to put into, dip in, dye, impregnate, imbue, tinge, lanam medicamentis, to impregnate, imbue, tinge, Cic. ap. Non. 386, 10, and 521, 19: (angues) ardentes oculos suffecti sanguine et igni, suffused, colored, Verg. A. 2, 210: maculis suffecta genas, Val. Fl. 2, 105: suffecta leto lumina, id. 1, 822; cf.: nubes sole suffecta, i.e. shone through, irradiated, Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 11.—
    • 3 To give, afford, furnish, supply = suppeditare, ὑπέχειν (mostly poet.): (nebulae) sufficiunt nubes, Lucr. 6, 480: ut cibus aliam naturam sufficit ex se, id. 3, 704: haec aëra rarum Sufficiunt nobis, id. 2, 108: tellus Sufficit umorem, Verg. G. 2, 424: aut illae (salices) pecori frondem aut pastoribus umbras Sufficiunt saepemque satis et pabula melli, id. ib. 2, 435: ut (Hispania) Italiae cunctarum rerum abundantiam sufficiat, Just. 44, 1, 4: dux agmina sufficit unus turbanti terras, Sil. 1, 36; cf.: Horatius eos excursionibus sufficiendo adsuefacerat sibi fidere, by permitting to take part in, Liv. 3, 61, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.; Petr. 27, 2.—Trop.: ipse pater Danais animos viresque secundas Sufficit, gives courage and strength, Verg. A. 2, 618; 9, 803.—
    • 4 To occupy with, employ in: Horatius eos (milites) excursionibus (dat.) sufficiendo proeliisque levibus experiundo assuefecerat sibi fidere, by employing them in sallies, etc., Liv. 3, 61.—
  • B To put in the place of, to substitute for another; and esp., to choose or elect in the place of any one (class.; esp. freq. of magistrates, e. g. of consuls; syn. subrogo): suffectus in Lucretii locum M. Horatius Pulvillus, Liv. 2, 8, 4: in Appii locum suffectus, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2: consul in sufficiendo collegā occupatus, Cic. Mur. 39, 85; cf.: ne consul sufficiatur, id. ib. 38, 82: censorem in demortui locum, Liv. 5, 31, 7: suffectis in loca eorum novis regibus, Just. 11, 10, 7: ipsae (apes) regem parvosque Quirites Sufficiunt, Verg. G. 4, 202: seu tribunos modo seu tribunis suffectos consules quoque habuit, Liv. 4, 8, 1: quia collegam suffici censori religio erat, id. 6, 27, 4; 6, 38, 10: quibus vitio creatis suffecti, id. 9, 7, 14; 10, 47, 1: filius patri suffectus, Tac. A. 4, 16: Conon Alcibiadi suffectus, Just. 5, 6, 1: sperante heredem suffici se proximum, Phaedr. 3, 10, 12.—Esp. in the phrase suffectus consul, a consul elected after the regular time, a vice-consul: quando duo ordinarii consules ejus anni alter morbo, alter ferro periisset, suffectum consulem negabant recte comitia habere posse, Liv. 41, 18, 16 Weissenb. ad loc.; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43, 2; Tac. A. 3, 37 fin.; cf.: consulatus suffectus, Aus. Grat. Act. 14, 2, § 32.—
  • • 2 Transf., to cause to take the place of, to supply instead of, to furnish as a substitute (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): atque aliam ex aliā generando suffice prolem, Verg. G. 3, 65: septimo eosdem (dentes) decidere anno, aliosque suffici, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 68: quattuor caeli partes in ternas dividunt et singulis ventos binos suffectos dant, Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 2.—
• II Neutr., to be sufficient, to suffice, avail for, meet the need of, satisfy (freq. and class.; syn. suppeto); constr. absol., with dat., ad, adversus, in, with inf., ut or ne; rarely with si.
• • • • • α Absol.: quamquam nec scribae sufficere nec tabulae nomina illorum capere potuerunt, Cic. Phil. 2, 7, 16: nec jam sufficiunt, Verg. A. 9, 515: idque (ferrum) diu Suffecit, id. ib. 12, 739: Romani quoad sufficere remiges potuerunt, satis pertinaciter secuti sunt, Liv. 36, 45, 2: non sufficiebant oppidani, id. 21, 8, 4: haec exempli gratiā sufficient, Quint. 9, 2, 56: non videntur tempora suffectura, id. 2, 5, 3: pro magistratibus, qui non sufficerent, Suet. Aug. 43: quīs non sufficientibus, Curt. 9, 4, 33.—With subject-clause: sufficit dicere, E portu navigavi, Quint. 4, 2, 41: non, quia sufficiat, non esse sacrilegium, sed quia, etc., id. 7, 3, 9: suffecerit haec retulisse, Suet. Ner. 31; Mart. 9, 1, 8.—
        • β With dat.: nec jam vires sufficere cuiquam, * Caes. B. G. 7, 20; cf.: vires concipit suffecturas oneri, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 173: nec iis sufficiat imaginem virtutis effingere, Quint. 10, 2, 15: ac mihi quidem sufficeret hoc genus, id. 5, 10, 90: paucorum cupiditati cum obsistere non poterant, tamen sufficere aliquo modo poterant, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 127: mons, hominum lacte et carne vescentium abunde sufficiebat alimentis, Liv. 29, 31, 9: hae manus suffecere desiderio meo, Curt. 4, 1, 25; 3, 6, 19: vires quae sufficiant labori certaminum, Quint. 10, 3, 3; cf.: summis operibus suffecturi vires, id. 2, 4, 33: pronuntiatio vel scenis suffectura, id. 10, 1, 119: quod opus cuicumque discendo sufficiet, id. 1, 9, 3: dominis sufficit tantum soli, ut relevare caput possint, Plin. Ep. 1, 24, 4.—Poet.: nec sufficit umbo Ictibus, Verg. A. 9, 810.—
        • γ With ad: terra ingenito umore egens vix ad perennes suffecit amnes, Liv. 4, 30: inopi aerario nec plebe ad tributum sufficiente, id. 29, 16: annus vix ad solacium unius anni, id. 10, 47: oppidani ad omnia tuenda non sufficiebant, id. 21, 8, 4: quomodo nos ad patiendum sufficiamus, id. 29, 17, 17; 21, 8, 4; 33, 10: ad quod si vires non suffecerint, Quint. 12, 1, 32.—
        • δ With adversus: non suffecturum ducem unum et exercitum unum adversus quattuor populos, Liv. 10, 25.—
        • ε With in: nec locus in tumulos nec sufficit arbor in ignes, Ov. M. 7, 613: ergo ego sufficiam reus in nova crimina semper? id. Am. 2, 7, 1.—
        • ζ With inf.: nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus, Verg. A. 5, 22.—
        • η With ut or ne: interim sufficit, ut exorari te sinas, Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 3: sufficit, ne ea, quae sunt vera, minuantur, id. ib. 9, 33, 11.—
        • θ With si: sufficere tibi debet, si, etc., Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 9: sufficere his credis, si probi existimentur, id. Pan. 88, 2.—Hence, P. a.: suffĭcĭens, entis, sufficient, adequate: aetas vix tantis matura rebus, sed abunde sufficiens, Curt. 3, 6, 19: testes, Dig. 29, 7, 8.—Sup.: unica et sufficientissima definitio, Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 2.

sufficio, fēcī, fectum, ere (sub u. facio), I) tr.: A) gleichs. untermachen, d.i. 1) ein Gebäude unterbauen, zu einem G. den Grund legen, opus, Curt. 5, 1 (4), 29 Zumpt (Hedicke vix suffulciendo operi firmum solum, Vogel vix sufficiens operi firmo). – 2) mit einer Farbe usw. als Grund überziehen, unterlaufen lassen, lanam medicamentis quibusdam, Cic. fr.: oculos suffecti (angues) sanguine et igni, unterlaufen, Verg.: u. so maculis suffecta genas, Val. Flacc.: suffecta leto lumina, getrübt, Val. Flacc.: nubes sole suffecta, gleichs. unterlaufen, durchstrahlt, Sen.

B) gleichs. nachfügen, nachwachsen lassen, 1) eig.: aliam ex alia generando suffice prolem, Verg.: septimo dentes decĭdere anno aliosque suffici (nachwachsen), Plin. – 2) übtr.: a) an jmds. Stelle (der vor Ablauf seiner Amtszeit verstorben od. verbannt ist od. der nicht genau nach der Vorschrift gewählt ist) wählen, nachwählen (v. Volke od. Kollegen, während subrogare v. Leiter der Komitien steht), collegam, Cic.: censorem in locum demortui, Liv. (u. so sacerdotes eo anno mortui atque in eorum locum suffecti m. folg. Namen, Liv.): collegam suffici censori, Liv.: ei suffectus est extemplo P. Manlius dictator (zum D.), Liv.: suffectus in locum Aulii C. Fabius magister equitum, Liv.: Conon Alcibiadi suffectus, Iustin.: filius patri suffectus, Tac.: heredem suffici se proximum, Phaedr.: Hasdrubale imperatore (zum F.) suffecto, Nep. – v. den Bienen, regem parvosque Quirites sufficiunt, Verg. – Insbes. suffectus consul, der nachgewählte Konsul (Ggstz. consul ordinarius, der zuerst gewählte), Liv. 41, 18, 16. Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43, 2: u. so consulatus suffectus, des nachgewählten Konsuls (Ggstz. cons. ordinarius), Auson. grat. act. V II. 32. p. 23 Schenkl.

C) (wie ὑπέχειν) an die Hand geben, darreichen, darbieten, (vgl. die Ausleg. zu Verg. georg. 2, 424), 1) eig.: nebulae sufficiunt nubes, Lucr.: ipsa satis tellus sufficit umorem et gravidas fruges, Verg.: ut (Hispania) Italiae cunctarum rerum abundantiam sufficiat, Iustin. – milites excursionibus, zuziehen zu usw., Liv. – 2) übtr., darreichen, geben, Danais animos viresque secundas, Verg. Aen. 2, 618: u. so 9, 803.

D) = praeficere, einem Amte vorsetzen; dah. Partiz. suffectus subst. = der Statthalter, Vulg. 2. Mach. 4, 31.

II) intr. hinlänglich sich darbieten, -zu Gebote stehen, hinreichen, der Menge, Größe, Stärke nach = ausreichen, genügen, vorhalten, genug sein, gewachsen sein, α) absol. (vgl. Fabri Liv. 21, 8, 4): quamquam nec scribae sufficere nec tabulae nomnia eorum capere poterant, Cic.: non sufficiebant muri, Liv.: per quadriduum Cremona suffecit, Tac.: imitatio per se ipsa non sufficit, Quint.: sed arma sumere non ante cuiquam moris quam civitas suffecturum probaverit, bevor der Staat ihn für waffenfähig erklärt hat, Tac. – β) mit Dat. (vgl. Mützell Curt. 3, 6, 19; 4, 1, 25): unde Volscis sufficerent milites, in hinlänglicher Menge sich darböten, Liv.: paucorum cupiditati tum, cum obsistere non poterant, tamen sufficere aliquo modo poterant, Cic.: sufficere omnes obsequio, zur Bezeugung des Gehorsams, (zur Huldigung) seien alle gut genug, Tac. – mons... sufficiebat alimentis, Liv.: nec umbo sufficit ictibus, hält nicht die Streiche aus, Verg.: vires, quae sufficiant laboribus certaminum, Quint. – γ) mit ad u. Akk. (s. Fabri Liv. 21, 8, 5): inopi aerario nec plebe ad tributum sufficiente, die Mittel habe zu usw., Liv.: quomodo nos ad patiendum sufficiamus, Liv. – δ) mit adversus u. Akk.: non suffecturum ducem unum et exercitum unum adversus quattuor populos, Liv. 10, 25, 13. – ε) m. in u. Akk.: nec locus in tumulos nec sufficit arbor in ignes, Ov.: ergo ego sufficiam reus in nova crimina semper, Ov. – ζ) mit Infin., αα) unpers. = es genügt, sufficit dicere E portu navigavi, Quint.: suffecerit haec rettulisse, Suet. – ββ) pers. = ich bin imstande, ich vermag, nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum sufficimus, Verg. Aen. 5, 22: nec vox antri complere capacis sufficiens spatium, Lucan. 5, 154: u. so sufficio mit Infin. auch Augustin. epist. 247, 1. – η) mit ut od. ne u. Konj.: interim sufficit, ut exorari te sinas, Plin. ep.: nec quisquam respondeat sufficere, ut ad tempus simplex quiddam et uniforme doceamur, Tac.: sufficit, ne ea, quae sunt vera, minuantur, Plin. ep. – θ) mit folg. si u. Konj., igitur sufficere tibi debet, si exheredatus a matre quartam partem ab heredibus eius accipias, Plin. ep. 5, 1, 9: sufficere iis credis si probi et frugi existimentur, Plin. pan. 88, 2.

suffĭcĭō, (8) fēcī, fectum, ĕre (sub, facio).

I tr., ¶ 1 mettre sous, a) imprégner : lanam medicamentis Cic. Fr. F 5, 23, soumettre la laine à la teinture ; [poét.] oculos suffecti sanguine Virg. En. 2, 210, ayant les yeux injectés de sang ; nubes sole suffecta Sen. Nat. 1, 5, 11, nuage coloré par le soleil ; b) fournir, mettre à la disposition : salices pastoribus umbram sufficiunt Virg. G. 2, 435, les saules donnent de lʼombre aux bergers, cf. Virg. G. 2, 424 ; Lucr. 2, 108 ; 3, 704 ¶ 2 mettre après : a) mettre, élire à la place de : collegam Cic. Mur. 85, faire élire un nouveau collègue, cf. Cic. Mur. 82 ; regem Virg. G. 4, 202, élire un nouveau roi ; in alicujus locum suffectus P. Vatinius d. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2, élu à la place de qqn, cf. Liv. 2, 8, 4 ; 5, 31, 9 ; alicui suffectus Liv. 9, 7, 14, nommé à la place de qqn, cf. Liv. 10, 47, 1 ; Tac. Ann. 4, 16 || suffectus consul Liv. 41, 18, 16, consul subrogé ; b) mettre en remplacement : aliam ex alia generando suffice prolem Virg. G. 3, 65, en faisant sortir les générations lʼune de lʼautre, assure leur continuité.

II intr., suffire, être suffisant : a) scribæ sufficere non potuerunt Cic. Phil. 2, 16, les greffiers ne purent suffire [assurer la tâche], cf. Virg. En. 9, 515 ; Liv. 36, 45, 2, etc. ; nec jam vires sufficere cujusquam Cæs. G. 7, 20, 11, que dʼautre part personne nʼavait plus les forces suffisantes ; b) paucorum cupiditati sufficere poterant Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 127, ils pouvaient suffire (fournir suffisamment) à la cupidité de quelques-uns ; alimentis mons sufficiebat Liv. 29, 31, 9, le mont suffisait à alimenter ; nec sufficit umbo citibus Virg. En. 9, 810, et le bouclier ne suffit pas à protéger contre les coups ; c) [avec ad ] terra vix ad perennes suffecit amnes Liv. 4, 30, 7, la terre put à peine alimenter les cours dʼeau permanents, cf. Liv. 3, 5, 1 ; 21, 8, 4 ; 33, 20, 13, etc. ; [avec in acc.] Ov. M. 7, 613 ; Am. 2, 7, 1 ; [avec adversus ] Liv. 10, 25, 13 ; d) [avec inf.] : nec iis sufficiat... effingere Quint. 10, 2, 15 et quʼils ne se contentent pas de reproduire...; nec obniti contra sufficimus Virg. En. 5, 22, et nous ne sommes pas assez forts pour tenir tête ; [avec ut ] sufficit ut sinas... Plin. Min. Ep. 9, 21, 3, il suffit que tu permettes ; [avec ne ] Plin. Min. Ep. 9, 33, 11, il suffit que ne pas ; [avec si ] sufficere tibi debet si Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 1, 9, il doit te suffire que, cf.Pan. 88, 2.

sufficio , is, eci, ectum, icere. n. 3. (facio.)
替换。頂。供需。彀。足用。染。— in ejus locum 替換彼。Ne sufficiatur Consul non timent 彼等非懼換總官。Ad evellendum telum dextra non sufficiet 手無力拔鎗。Mons sufficit alimentis (dat.) 山所出足食。

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sufficiō fēcī, fectus, ere

• sub+facio, to put under, lay a foundation for: opus, Cu.—To dip, dye, impregnate, tinge: lanam medicamentis: (angues) Ardentes oculos suffecti sanguine, suffused, V.—Of public officers, to appoint to a vacancy, choose as a substitute: suffectus in Lucreti locum Horatius, L.: in demortui locum censor sufficitur, L.: (apes) regem parvosque Quirites Sufficiunt, V.: quibus vitio creatis suffecti, L.: Sperante heredem suffici se proximum, Ph.: Atque aliam ex aliā generando suffice prolem, i. e. let one generation succeed another, V.—To give, yield, afford, supply: tellus Sufficit umorem, V.: eos excursionibus sufficiendo, i. e. by employing them in sallies, L.: Danais animos, to give courage and strength, V.: contra virīs, V.—Intrans, to be sufficient, suffice, avail, be adequate, satisfy: nec scribae sufficere nec tabulae nomina illorum capere potuerunt: Nec iam sufficiunt, V.: oppidani non sufficiebant, L.: nec iam vires sufficere cuiusquam, Cs.: mons hominum abunde sufficiebat alimentis, L.: hae manūs suffecere desiderio meo, Cu.: nec sufficit umbo Ictibus, V.: terra ingenito umore egens vix ad perennīs suffecit amnīs, L.: ad omnia tuenda, L.: non suffecturum ducem unum adversus quattuor populos, L.: Nec locus in tumulos sufficit, O.: Nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus, V.