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
- L
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..." - L
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."