sufficit

Sufficit is a Latin verb form meaning “it suffices” or “it is enough.” It is the third person singular present indicative active form of the verb sufficere, which means to be sufficient or to suffice.

Etymology and form: Sufficit derives from sufficere, a compound verb used in classical and later Latin. As a present tense form, sufficit is commonly found in assertions about quantity, time, or resources meeting a required amount.

Usage: In Latin, sufficit is used to indicate adequacy or sufficiency of a given thing. Common constructions include phrases like hoc sufficit (this is enough), pecunia sufficit (money suffices), or tempus sufficit (time is enough). The verb is intransitive and takes the thing that suffices as the subject of the sentence.

Related forms: The infinitive of sufficere is sufficere, and the present active participle is sufficiens, meaning “sufficient.” The plural counterpart is sufficunt in the third person plural present indicative. In translations, sufficit is often rendered simply as “it suffices” or “it is enough” in English.

Context and usage: Sufficit appears throughout classical Latin literature, legal texts, and scholastic works to express adequacy or the sufficiency of a given amount, evidence, or action. Its meaning is straightforward, but it can be used to contrast insufficiency in rhetorical or argumentative contexts.

See also: sufficere, sufficiency, sufficientia (terms related to the idea of adequacy in Latin.