insumitur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →insumo, insumere, insumpsi, insumptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
spend, expend/employ (money/time/effort), devote; consume, take in/up; assume;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...tumor. illa vero admiranda sedulitas, quod operi totus insumitur dies, in dominorum reditus ablata supplentur. age, si obsequi..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...rerum vel hominum vel temporum satis operae insumitur. Sed expetuntur quos rhetoras vocant; quorum professio quando primum..."