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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1869.sūmō on page 1869
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sūmere to take up
sūmere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to take up.
Definitions for sūmere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
take, take up, assume
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To take into one's hands. etc., take up. (b) to take up (a weapon against someone); esp. ~mere arma (see also ARMA).
- 2
To put on (clothes or sim.). (b) (robes or emblems symbolizing office).
- 3
To take (food or drink, medicine, etc.). (b) to take one's fill of (inspiration); to take in with the senses.
- 4
(a) (of a feeling) To seize, take hold of. (b) (of beauty) to take the fancy of, captivate.
- 5
(also w. dat. of refl. pron.) To assume possession of, take. (b) (a kiss, embrace, or sim.). (c) (a holiday, rest; also an opportunity). (d) mortem (exitium, etc.) ~mere (usu. w. sponte), to commit suicide. (e) (Stoic phil.) bona ~menda, goods to be taken if offered, but not to be sought out.
Sentences with sūmere
Latin to English
Si sine carne voles ientacula sumere frugi, haec tibi Vestino de grege massa venit.Compare If you wish without meat to take a frugal breakfast, this lump comes to you from a Vestinian flock.
Delecto Duillius, a cena rediens, creber funale et tibicen, qui sui nullus exemplum privatus sumo.Compare Duillius, when returning from supper, used to delight in many torches and a flute player, which he, as a private individual, had assumed without any precedent.
Defuerit si forte puer soleasque libebit sumere pro puero pes erit ipse sibi.Compare If it happens your slave is not at hand, and you want to put on your house-shoes, your foot will itself be its own slave.
Hic vos bellum et pax porto; uter placeo, sumo.Compare We bring you here peace and war; take which you please.
Conjugation table for sūmere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| sūmō sūmis sūmit sūmimus sūmitis sūmunt | sūmēbam sūmēbās sūmēbat sūmēbāmus sūmēbātis sūmēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| sūmpsī sūmpsistī sūmpsit sūmpsimus sūmpsistis sūmpsērunt / sūmpsēre | sūmpseram sūmpserās sūmpserat sūmpserāmus sūmpserātis sūmpserant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| sūmam sūmēs sūmet sūmēmus sūmētis sūment | sūmpserō sūmpseris sūmpserit sūmpserimus sūmpseritis sūmpserint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| sūmam sūmās sūmat sūmāmus sūmātis sūmant | sūmerem sūmerēs sūmeret sūmerēmus sūmerētis sūmerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| sūmpserim sūmpseris sūmpserit sūmpserimus sūmpseritis sūmpserint | sūmpsissem sūmpsissēs sūmpsisset sūmpsissēmus sūmpsissētis sūmpsissent |
Infinitive present sūmere Infinitive perfect sūmpsisse Infinitive future sūmptūrum esse | Imperative present sūme sūmite Imperative future sūmitō sūmitō sūmitōte sūmuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| sūmor sūmeris sūmitur sūmimur sūmiminī sūmuntur | sūmēbar sūmēbāris / sūmēbāre sūmēbātur sūmēbāmur sūmēbāminī sūmēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| sūmptus sum sūmptus es sūmptus est sūmptī sumus sūmptī estis sūmptī sunt | sūmptus eram sūmptus erās sūmptus erat sūmptī erāmus sūmptī erātis sūmptī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| sūmar sūmēris / sūmēre sūmētur sūmēmur sūmēminī sūmentur | sūmptus erō sūmptus eris sūmptus erit sūmptī erimus sūmptī eritis sūmptī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| sūmar sūmāris / sūmāre sūmātur sūmāmur sūmāminī sūmantur | sūmerer sūmerēris / sūmerēre sūmerētur sūmerēmur sūmerēminī sūmerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| sūmptus sim sūmptus sīs sūmptus sit sūmptī sīmus sūmptī sītis sūmptī sint | sūmptus essem sūmptus essēs sūmptus esset sūmptī essēmus sūmptī essētis sūmptī essent |
Infinitive present sūmī Infinitive perfect sūmptum esse Infinitive future sūmptum īrī | Imperative present sūmere sūmiminī Imperative future sūmitor sūmitor - sūmuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | sūmēns | sūmentēs |
| Gen. | sūmentis | sūmentium |
| Dat. | sūmentī | sūmentibus |
| Acc. | sūmentem | sūmentēs |
| Abl. | sūmente | sūmentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | sūmptūrus | sūmptūrī |
| Gen. | sūmptūrī | sūmptūrōrum |
| Dat. | sūmptūrō | sūmptūrīs |
| Acc. | sūmptūrum | sūmptūrōs |
| Abl. | sūmptūrō | sūmptūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | sūmptus | sūmptī |
| Gen. | sūmptī | sūmptōrum |
| Dat. | sūmptō | sūmptīs |
| Acc. | sūmptum | sūmptōs |
| Abl. | sūmptō | sūmptīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | sūmendus | sūmendī |
| Gen. | sūmendī | sūmendōrum |
| Dat. | sūmendō | sūmendīs |
| Acc. | sūmendum | sūmendōs |
| Abl. | sūmendō | sūmendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | sūmere | sūmptum |
| Gen. | sūmendī | sūmptū |
| Dat. | sūmendō | |
| Acc. | sūmendum | |
| Abl. | sūmendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 488.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1869.
- 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): 122.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "sūmō, sūmere, sūmpsī, sūmptum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed January 4, 2025. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/sumo-sumere-sumpsi-sumptum.
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Wheelock's Latin
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