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adsumitur

Dictionary entries

  • 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;

    Entry →
    sg. pres. pass. ind. 3rd

Examples

  • T

    Liber IV

    Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX

    "...dira cuppedine pectus. nam cibus atque umor membris adsumitur intus; quae quoniam certas possunt obsidere partis, hoc facile..."
  • M

    Liber IX

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...frequenter et id ipsum in cuius locum adsumitur nomen complecti solet, utitur tamen pluribus pro uno. Epitheton, quoniam..."
  • M

    Liber VIII

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...ignotum: debet enim quod inlustrandae alterius rei gratia adsumitur ipsum esse clarius eo quod inluminat. Quare poetis quidem..."
  • M

    Liber IV

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...utile aliquando, nunc a declamatoribus quibusdam paene semper adsumitur, qui fas non putant nisi a contrario incipere. Negant..."
  • M

    Liber Tertius

    Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus

    "...contemnere. quo posito et omnium adsensu adprobato illud adsumitur, eum, qui magno sit animo atque forti, omnia, quae..."
  • P

    Liber I

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES

    "...cuncta vergere: filius, collega imperii, consors tribuniciae potestatis adsumitur omnisque per exercitus ostentatur, non obscuris, ut antea, matris..."

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