adsumuntur
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;
pl. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...significandi gratia, sed ad ornandam +non+ augendam orationem adsumuntur. Ornat enim epitheton, quod recte dicimus adpositum, a nonnullis..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...ipsum, quamquam senatorii ordinis, ad utraque munia sufficere. adsumuntur e civitate clarissimus quisque et alii per ambitionem. simul..."
