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Suē, ēs, f., a town in Assyria, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 118.

Suēbi, v. Suevi.

Suebri, ōrum, m., a people of Gaul, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 35.

Suël, f., a town in Spain, Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8; Mel. 2, 6.

Suellēni, ōrum, m., a people of Arabia, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 157.

Suelteri, ōrum, m., a people of Gallia Narbonensis, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 35.

sŭĕo, ēre [assumed as a stem for the form sŭēmus, which is probably a contracted perf., = suevimus from suesco; cf. consuesco and the Gr. εἰώθαμεν], to be wont, used, or accustomed: appellare suemus, Lucr. 1, 60: cernere suemus (dissyl.), id. 1, 301: perhibere suemus, id. 4, 369.

sŭesco, sŭēvi, sŭētum (dissyl. suēvi, suētum; sync. forms, suesti, suerunt, suesse, etc.; v. in the foll., and cf. also the preced. art.), 3, v. inch. n. and a. [Sanscr. svadhā, will, might, custom; Gr. ἔθος, ἦθος].

  1. I. Neutr., to become used or accustomed; in the tempp. perff., to have accustomed one’s self; hence, to be wont, used, or accustomed (rare).
        1. a. Tempp. press.: Drusus in Illyricum missus est, ut suesceret militiae, Tac. A. 2, 44; 2, 52; Aus. Ep. 16, 91.
        2. b. Tempp. perff.: has Graeci stellas Hyadas vocitare suërunt, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111: a te id, quod suesti, peto, etc., id. Fam. 15, 8: mittere suevit, Lucr. 6, 793: de divis dare dicta suërit, id. 5, 53: gemmis florere arbusta suësse, id. 5, 912: vincere suevit, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 17: sueverat claustra remoliri, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 194.
  2. II. Act., to accustom, habituate, train (very rare in finite verb): ut lectos viros … disciplinae et imperiis suesceret, Tac. A. 2, 52.
    Esp., P. and P. a.: suētus, a, um.
      1. 1. Accustomed, wont, used, habituated; with inf.: ex aliis sentire sueti, Lucr. 2, 903: mala secundis rebus oriri sueta, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 18: suetus abstinere, Liv. 5, 43: curru succedere sueti Quadrupedes, Verg. A. 3, 541: vexare suëtae, Hor. S. 1, 8, 17: comitialem propter morbum despui suetum, Plin. 10, 23, 34, § 69.
        With dat.: his (armis) ego suetus, Verg. A. 5, 414: neque conjugiis suscipiendis neque alendis liberis sueti, Tac. A. 14, 27: suetae aquis volucres, Tac. H. 5, 6: sueti latrociniis, id. A. 2, 52: suetus civilibus armis, Luc. 1, 325.
      2. 2. Transf., of things, customary, usual (mostly post-class.): contra Cheruscis sueta aput paludes proelia, Tac. A. 1, 64: sueto militum contubernio gaudere, id. H. 2, 80 fin.; vestigium, App. M. 6, p. 198, 21: cibaria, id. ib. 9, p. 232, 13.
        Hence, subst.: suē-tum, i, n., a custom, usage: se ad sectae sueta conferunt, App. M. 4, p. 153, 22.

Suessa, ae, f., = Σύεσσα.

  1. I. A city of Latium, five miles south of the Liris and eight from the sea, founded B. C. 337 by the Aurunci, and afterwards made their capital. It was often called Suessa Aurunca, now Sessa, Liv. 8, 15; 9, 28; Vell. 1, 14; Liv. 27, 9; 29, 15; Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 10; 4, 2, 4; 13, 8, 18; it was the birthplace of the satiric poet Lucilius, cf. Juv. 1, 20; Aus. Ep. 15, 9.
  2. II. A very ancient city of Latium, a colony of Alba, conquered by Tarquinius Superbus, usually called Suessa Pometia. It was destroyed by Spurius Cassius, B. C. 502, and its site is unknown, Liv. 1, 41; 1, 53; 2, 16 sq.; cf. Verg. A. 6, 775; Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44; Sil. 8, 400; Aus. Ep. 15, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; 7, 16, 15, § 69.
    Hence, Suessānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Suessa, Suessan: in Suessano, in the Suessan territories, Cato, R. R. 22, 3.
    Plur.: Suessā-ni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Suessa (Aurunca), Inscr. Grut. 151, 3; 262, 7.

Suessetāni, ōrum, m., a people of Hispania Tarraconensis, Liv. 25, 34; 34, 20; 39, 42.
Hence, adj.: Suessetānus, a, um: ager, Liv. 28, 24.

Sŭessĭōnes (Sŭessōnes, trisyl., Luc. 1, 423), um, m., a people in Gaul, in the neighborhood of the modern Soissons, Caes, B. G. 2, 3; 2, 12; 2, 13; Hirt. B. G. 8, 6; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 106.

Suessŭla, ae, f., a town of Campania, now Castel di Sessola, Liv. 7, 37; 8, 14; 23, 14; 23, 17; 23, 32; 24, 46.
Hence, Sues-sŭlāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Suessula, Liv. 8, 14; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64; Inscr. Orell. 130; 2369.

Suētōnĭus, ii, m., the name of a Roman gens. So,

  1. I. C. Suetonius Paulinus (Lenis), father of the foll., Tac. A. 14, 29; id. H. 2, 23; 2, 31; id. Agr. 5; 14, 16; Suet. Oth. 10.
  2. II. C. Suetonius Tranquillus, a contemporary and friend of the younger Pliny, author of the biographies of the first twelve Roman emperors, Plin. Ep. 1, 24, 1 sq.; Spart. Hadr. 11, 3. See, concerning him, Bähr’s Röm. Lit. Gesch. § 216 sq.

Suetri, ōrum, m., an Alpine people, Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 137.

suētūdo, ĭnis, f. [suesco], custom, habit (late Lat.): blanda, Paul. Pell. Euchar. 179; 271.

suētus, a, um, Part. of suesco.

Suēvi or Suēbi (in inscrr. always; but most MSS. have Suevi), ōrum, m., the Suevi, a powerful people in the north-eastern part of Germany, Caes. B. G. 4, 1; Tac. G. 38; Luc. 2, 51.
Hence,

  1. A. Suēvus or Suē-bus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Suevi, Suevan: natio, Caes. B. G. 1, 53: crinis, worn in the manner of the Suevi, Sil. 5, 134.
    Subst.: Suēvus, i, m., one of the Suevi (poet.), Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 655.
  2. B. Suē-vĭa or Suēbĭa, ae, f., the country of the Suevi, Tac. G. 43 init. and 45 fin.
  3. C. Suē-vĭcus or Suēbĭcus, a, um, adj., Suevic: mare, Tac. G. 45 init.

Suēvĭus, ii, m., a poet, otherwise unknown, Macr. S. 2, 14.