Lewis & Short

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sŭo, sŭi, sūtum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. siv-, sivjāmi, sew; Gr. κασσύω, to stitch, cobble], to sew or stitch, to sew, join, or tack together (rare but class.).

  1. I. Lit.: quod (foramen) nisi permagnā vi sui non potest, Cels. 7, 4, 3: tegumenta corporum vel texta vel suta, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: unius os sutum, Flor. 4, 12, 36: pellibus et sutis arcent male frigora bracis, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 19: hi plerasque naves loris suebant, Varr. ap. Gell. 17, 3, 4: navis suta lino et sparteis serilibus, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. serilla, p. 340 fin. Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 251 Rib.): corticibus suta cavatis alvearia, Verg. G. 4, 33: pilea suta de caesis lacernis, Stat. S. 4, 9, 24.
  2. * II. Trop.: metue lenonem, ne quid suo suat capiti, devise, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 6; cf. consuo, II.
    Hence, P. a. as subst.: sūta, ōrum, n., that which is made of plates fastened together, mail, a coat of mail: huic gladio perque aerea suta Per tunicam squalentem auro latus haurit apertum, Verg. A. 10, 313: magnorum aerea suta Thoracum, Stat. Th. 3, 585: latus omne sub armis Ferrea suta terunt, id. ib. 4, 131.

sūs, sŭis (nom. suis, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 813; gen. sueris, Plaut. ap. Fest. s. v. spectile, p. 330 Müll.; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 110 ib.; dat. plur. subus, Lucr. 5, 969; 6, 974; 6, 977; Plin. 29, 4, 23, § 75: suibus, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 5), comm. [Gr. ὗς; O. H. Germ. sū; Engl. sow, swine].

  1. I. A swine, hog, pig, boar, sow, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 5: ferus et fera, id. ib. 8, 78; Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 160; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; 1, 17, 31; Ov. F. 4, 414; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 26; 2, 2, 75 al.
    Prov.: sus Minervam (sc. docet) in proverbio est, ubi quis id docet alterum, cujus ipse inscius est, Fest. p. 310 Müll.: etsi non sus Minervam, ut aiunt, tamen inepte, quisquis Minervam docet, Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 18: etsi sus Minervam, id. Fam. 9, 18, 3: docebo sus, ut aiunt, oratorem eum, quem, etc., id. de Or. 2, 57, 233; cf.: sus artium repertricem (docet), Hier. Ep. 46, 1.
  2. II. A kind of fish, Ov. Hal. 132.