sumo, sumere, sumsi, sumtus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
accept; begin; suppose; select; purchase; obtain; (sumpsi, sumptum);
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | sumo | sumimus |
| 2 | sumis | sumitis |
| 3 | sumit | sumunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | sumere |
| active | perfect | sumsisse |
| passive | present | sumi |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | sume | sumite |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | sumito | sumitote |
| 3 | sumito | sumunto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | sumere | sumimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | sumitor | — |
| 3 | sumitor | sumuntor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | sumtus | sumti |
| Gen. | sumti | sumtorum |
| Dat. | sumto | — |
| Acc. | sumtum | sumtos |
| Voc. | sumte | sumti |
| Abl. | sumto | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | sumta | sumtae |
| Gen. | sumtae | sumtarum |
| Dat. | sumtae | — |
| Acc. | sumtam | sumtas |
| Voc. | sumta | sumtae |
| Abl. | sumta | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | sumtum | sumta |
| Gen. | sumti | sumtorum |
| Dat. | sumto | — |
| Acc. | sumtum | sumta |
| Voc. | sumtum | sumta |
| Abl. | sumto | — |
Supines
accusative: sumtum; ablative: sumtu
Examples
- P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...apti sumus. SY. frustra operam opino[r] hanc sumo. CL. loquere: audio. SY. at iam hoc non ages..." Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...mitulus ore mihi; sunt tibi boleti, fungos ego sumo suillos; res tibi cum rhombo est, at mihi..."- L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...unum, bene eligi. Nam cum vestem qualem decet sumo, cum ambulo ut oportet, cum ceno quemadmodum debeo..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...nostrae militabit; hodie enim post asellum diaria non sumo". [XXV] Cum haec diceret, ad aurem eius Psyche ridens..." - M
XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...redditis, leges? ubi respiro, ubi claudo gemitus, unde sumo solacium? bene, bene admones, dolor: illos, illos, liceat invadere..." 
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...pollice chordas pulso Maroneique sedens in margine templi sumo animum et magni tumulis adcanto magistri..."- M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...suffragio omnium nominati sunt. [8] Verum hoc loco sumo verbis his eandem certe vim voluptatis Epicurum nosse quam..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...anguem, armenti modo dux vires in cornua sumo,— cornua, dum potui. nunc pars caret altera telo frontis..."