sugo
ἀρετὰ γὰρ ἐπαινεομένα δένδρον ὣς ἀέξεται → for virtue that is praised grows like a tree, praised virtue will grow like a tree
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sūgo: xi, ctum, 3, v. a. root svag-; cf. sucus,
I to suck (class.).
I Lit.: (animalium) alia sugunt, alia carpunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122: (agni) matris sugunt mammam, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20: porca frequentiore numero sucta deficiet, exhausted, Pall. Febr. 26, 5: terram, to exhaust, Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 3. —
II Trop.: cum lacte nutricis errorem suxisse, to have sucked, imbibed, Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sūgō, xī, ctum, ĕre, tr., sucer : Cic. Nat. 2, 122 ; Varro R. 2, 1, 29 || [fig.] cum lacte errorem Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, sucer l’erreur avec le lait.
Latin > German (Georges)
sūgo, sūxī, sūctum, ere (ahd. sūgan; vgl. sūcus), I) saugen, a) übh.: mammam, Varro: absol., Cic. – b) insbes., aussaugen, terram, Varro: porca sucta, Pallad. – II) bildl., einsaugen, paene cum lacte nutricis errorem, Cic. Tusc. 3, 2.
Latin > English
sugo sugere, suxi, suctus V :: suck; imbibe; take in
