SUSCIPE, suscipe
Sounds Like: SOO-ski-peh
Translations: receive!, take up!, undertake!, support!, accept!, welcome!
From the root: SUSCIPIO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the second person singular present active imperative form of the verb 'suscipio'. It is used to give a direct command or instruction to a single person, meaning 'receive!', 'take up!', 'undertake!', 'support!', 'accept!', or 'welcome!'. It implies an action of taking something upon oneself, either literally or figuratively.
Inflection: Second Person, Singular, Present, Active, Imperative
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 10 — 1:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, SUSCIPIO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- SUSCEPIT — undertook, received, took up, supported, accepted, took in, caught, picked up
- SUSCIPIO — to take up, to lift up, to support, to sustain, to undertake, to begin, to receive, to welcome, to acknowledge, to beget, to give birth to
- SUSCIPIUNT — they undertake, they receive, they support, they take up, they accept, they assume
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