Suppeto, suppctis, pen. cor. suppetíui, suppetîtum, pen. prod. Suppétere. Vlp. To ashe priuily and craftily. Suppetit, in tertia persona, & suppetunt.Plin. iun.It is in a readinesse, when one hath inough of a thing that he mayvse and occupie it.Vt ambitioni & quotidianis sumptibus copiæ suppetant. C. That he may haue plentie and riches to maintaine, &c.Suppetere & Deesse contraria.Cic.Suppetuut in hanc rem fœliciter cætera. Colum. They haue other things aboundantly for the purpose.Suppetir copia argumentorum.Cic.Animus non suppetijt.Liu. Id est, non sustinuit, Non ausus est Bud. Dum vires suppetent. Cæsar. While I shallbe of power or strength.Si vita suppetet.Cic.If he liue.Non suppetit consilium.Liu.I cannot tell what to do.Suppetit mihi perpetuus cibus.Plaut.Suppetunt dictis dara. Plau. He hath giuen that he promised.Vt suppetas doloribus. Hor. That you may be able to endure the griefe.Lingua non suppetebat libertati, animóque.Liu.He coulde not vtter hys wordes with so much lihertie and boldnesse as his harte serued him.Suppetit mihi lucrum.Plaut.I haue sufficient gaine.Et vitæ tuæ superstes suppetat.Plaut.That he may outliue you.Res ita suppetit.Plaut.The matter so requireth.Ad augendum permulta suppetunt. Ci. Mihi ad remunerandum nihil suppetit, præter voluntatem.Cic.I haue no abilitie to rewarde, &c.
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sup-pĕto (subp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. n.I. To go or come to one, i. e., A.Lit., to be at hand or in store, to be present (class.): ut mihi supersit, suppetat, superstitet, Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 3: si cui haec suppetunt, Cic. Off 2, 8, 31: cui res non suppetat, id. de Or. 3, 35, 142: vererer, ne mihi crimina non suppeterent, id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, 31: ne pabuli quidem satis magna copia suppetebat, Caes. B. G. 1, 16: copia frumenti, id. ib. 1, 3: frumentum copiaeque, Liv. 5, 26, 9: quibus rebus numquam tanta suppeteret victoriae fiducia, Auct. B. Afr. 31: ut mihi ad remunerandum nihil suppetat praeter voluntatem, Cic. Fam. 15, 13, 2: quibuscumque vires suppetebant ad arma ferenda, praesto fuere, Liv. 4, 22, 1; Plin. 2, 9, 6, 46: neque quo manus porrigeret suppetebat, Nep. Dion, 7, 2: nondum suppetente ad haurien, dum ultra justa vi, Plin. 2, 9, 6, 46: si vita suppetet, Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 11; so, vita, Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 8: vita longior, Liv. 40, 56, 7: quoad vita suppetet, Auct. B. Afr. 92; Vop. Aur. 24.—With pers. subject: deos oro, ut vitae tuae superstes suppetat (uxor),
that she may survive you
, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 19: nec consilium sibi suppetere diceret, Liv. 4, 48, 13.— B.Transf., to be equal to or sufficient for; to suffice, to agree with, correspond to any thing; = sufficere: ut amori, ut ambitioni, ut cottidianis sumptibus copiae suppetant, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 89: pauper enim non est, cui rerum suppetit usus, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 4: utinam quae dicis, dictis facta suppetant, i. e.
I wish you may be as good as your word
, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 106: rudis lingua non suppetebat libertati, Liv. 2, 56, 8: ut plagae possint suppetere ipsae, Lucr. 1, 1050. — Poet., with pers. subject: novis ut usque suppetas doloribus,
you may be exposed to
, Hor. Epod. 17, 64. — II.To ask in place of another, to personate another in asking: si silignario quis dixerit, ut quisquis nomine ejus siliginem petisset, ei daret ... furti actionem adversus eum qui suppetet, etc., Dig. 47, 2, 52, 11.