adsumit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adsumo, adsumere, adsumpsi, adsumptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
take (to/up/on/from), adopt/raise, use; assume/receive; insert/add; usurp/claim;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...rationis habitum perduxit. Semper enim ita adsumit aliquid, ut ea, quae prima dederit, non deserat. [38] Itaque sensibus..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...bellicus aere canoro signa dedit tubicen pugnaeque adsumit amorem, Penthea sic ictus longis ululatibus aether movit, et audito..."