adsumpsit
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...autem illam excussit nisi qui pro illa sapientiam adsumpsit. Quid inter morbos animi intersit et adfectus saepe..."ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...cognomen illud usurpasse falso uideretur, quod amisso filio adsumpsit nec odia hominum ueritus, quorum malo illae nimis secundae..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...ditatus conservatoris sibi nomen Graeco eius rei vocabulo adsumpsit. e tribunis Gavius Silvanus, quamvis absolutus, sua manu cecidit..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...parentis patriae delatum et antea vocabulum adsumpsit, acerbeque increpuit eos qui divinas occupationes ipsumque dominum dixerant. unde angusta..."