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sup-pĕto (subp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. n.

  1. I. To go or come to one, i. e.,
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
  2. 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.