cōnsūmō, cōnsūmere, cōnsūmpsī, cōnsūmptum

Definitions for cōnsūmere

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to consume, use up
English derivatives:
consumer consumption assume assumption presume presumable presumption presumptive presumptuous resume resumption

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To destroy, wear away, consume (a material object). (b) (of personal or impersonal agencies) to cause the death of, kill. (c) to make smaller, reduce; to reduce to nothing.
2
To reduce to nothing (immaterial things), put an end to, destroy. (b) (leg.) to annul, extinguish (a right, agreement, etc.).
3
To weaken severely, wear down, prostrate, exhaust.
4
To eat, devour; to take (a medicine). (b) to use up, expend. (c) to swallow up, merge.
5
(a) To expend, use up, employ (labour, actions, etc., on a pursuit). (b) to spend (money, resources). (c) to spend, pass, take up (time); (esp. w. specification of the occupation in wnich time is spent).

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Sentences with cōnsūmere

Latin to English

Nos numerus sumus et fruges consumere nati.Compare We are the ciphers, fit for nothing but to eat our share of earth's fruits.

Reliquus annus circumeundus Italia urbs consumo.Compare He spent the rest of the year in going round the cities of Italy.

Frumentum non solum a tantus multitudo iumentum atque homo consumo, sed etiam annus tempus atque imber procumbo.Compare The corn was not only being consumed by so great a number of beasts of burden and of men, but had also been laid by the season of the year and by violent rains.

Conjugation table for cōnsūmere

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
cōnsūmō cōnsūmis cōnsūmit cōnsūmimus cōnsūmitis cōnsūmunt	cōnsūmēbam cōnsūmēbās cōnsūmēbat cōnsūmēbāmus cōnsūmēbātis cōnsūmēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
cōnsūmpsī cōnsūmpsistī cōnsūmpsit cōnsūmpsimus cōnsūmpsistis cōnsūmpsērunt / cōnsūmpsēre	cōnsūmpseram cōnsūmpserās cōnsūmpserat cōnsūmpserāmus cōnsūmpserātis cōnsūmpserant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
cōnsūmam cōnsūmēs cōnsūmet cōnsūmēmus cōnsūmētis cōnsūment	cōnsūmpserō cōnsūmpseris cōnsūmpserit cōnsūmpserimus cōnsūmpseritis cōnsūmpserint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
cōnsūmam cōnsūmās cōnsūmat cōnsūmāmus cōnsūmātis cōnsūmant	cōnsūmerem cōnsūmerēs cōnsūmeret cōnsūmerēmus cōnsūmerētis cōnsūmerent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
cōnsūmpserim cōnsūmpseris cōnsūmpserit cōnsūmpserimus cōnsūmpseritis cōnsūmpserint	cōnsūmpsissem cōnsūmpsissēs cōnsūmpsisset cōnsūmpsissēmus cōnsūmpsissētis cōnsūmpsissent
Infinitive present cōnsūmere Infinitive perfect cōnsūmpsisse Infinitive future cōnsūmptūrum esse	Imperative present cōnsūme cōnsūmite Imperative future cōnsūmitō cōnsūmitō cōnsūmitōte cōnsūmuntō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
cōnsūmor cōnsūmeris cōnsūmitur cōnsūmimur cōnsūmiminī cōnsūmuntur	cōnsūmēbar cōnsūmēbāris / cōnsūmēbāre cōnsūmēbātur cōnsūmēbāmur cōnsūmēbāminī cōnsūmēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
cōnsūmptus sum cōnsūmptus es cōnsūmptus est cōnsūmptī sumus cōnsūmptī estis cōnsūmptī sunt	cōnsūmptus eram cōnsūmptus erās cōnsūmptus erat cōnsūmptī erāmus cōnsūmptī erātis cōnsūmptī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
cōnsūmar cōnsūmēris / cōnsūmēre cōnsūmētur cōnsūmēmur cōnsūmēminī cōnsūmentur	cōnsūmptus erō cōnsūmptus eris cōnsūmptus erit cōnsūmptī erimus cōnsūmptī eritis cōnsūmptī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
cōnsūmar cōnsūmāris / cōnsūmāre cōnsūmātur cōnsūmāmur cōnsūmāminī cōnsūmantur	cōnsūmerer cōnsūmerēris / cōnsūmerēre cōnsūmerētur cōnsūmerēmur cōnsūmerēminī cōnsūmerentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
cōnsūmptus sim cōnsūmptus sīs cōnsūmptus sit cōnsūmptī sīmus cōnsūmptī sītis cōnsūmptī sint	cōnsūmptus essem cōnsūmptus essēs cōnsūmptus esset cōnsūmptī essēmus cōnsūmptī essētis cōnsūmptī essent
Infinitive present cōnsūmī Infinitive perfect cōnsūmptum esse Infinitive future cōnsūmptum īrī	Imperative present cōnsūmere cōnsūmiminī Imperative future cōnsūmitor cōnsūmitor - cōnsūmuntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	cōnsūmēns	cōnsūmentēs
Gen.	cōnsūmentis	cōnsūmentium
Dat.	cōnsūmentī	cōnsūmentibus
Acc.	cōnsūmentem	cōnsūmentēs
Abl.	cōnsūmente	cōnsūmentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	cōnsūmptūrus	cōnsūmptūrī
Gen.	cōnsūmptūrī	cōnsūmptūrōrum
Dat.	cōnsūmptūrō	cōnsūmptūrīs
Acc.	cōnsūmptūrum	cōnsūmptūrōs
Abl.	cōnsūmptūrō	cōnsūmptūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	cōnsūmptus	cōnsūmptī
Gen.	cōnsūmptī	cōnsūmptōrum
Dat.	cōnsūmptō	cōnsūmptīs
Acc.	cōnsūmptum	cōnsūmptōs
Abl.	cōnsūmptō	cōnsūmptīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	cōnsūmendus	cōnsūmendī
Gen.	cōnsūmendī	cōnsūmendōrum
Dat.	cōnsūmendō	cōnsūmendīs
Acc.	cōnsūmendum	cōnsūmendōs
Abl.	cōnsūmendō	cōnsūmendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	cōnsūmere	cōnsūmptum
Gen.	cōnsūmendī	cōnsūmptū
Dat.	cōnsūmendō
Acc.	cōnsūmendum
Abl.	cōnsūmendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 206.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 424.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 126.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "cōnsūmō, cōnsūmere, cōnsūmpsī, cōnsūmptum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 14, 2023. Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/consumo-consumere-consumpsi-consumptum.