desumo

dē-sūmo, mpsi (msi), 3, v. a. Lit.,

• to take for one's self from a multitude or mass; hence, to pick out, choose, select (syn. deligere); to take upon one's self, undertake (rare, and perh. not ante-Aug.— syn. suscipere): sibi consules asservandos desumunt, Liv. 4, 55, 3: sibi hostes, id. 38, 45; cf.: sibi pugnas, Tac. Or. 37; and: cursum certamenque, Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 7: sibi vacuas Athenas, *Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 81.

dē-sūmo, sūmpsī, sūmptum, ere, von einer Menge gleichs. abnehmend sich ausersehen, auf sich nehmen, sibi hostem, Liv.: inter se cursum certamenque, Plin. ep. – m. dopp. Acc., duo singuli singulos sibi consules asservandos desumunt, Liv. 4, 55, 3: ii, quos tibi hostes desumpseras, Liv. 38, 45, 8.

dēsūmō, (13) psī, ptum, ĕre, tr., prendre pour soi, choisir, se charger de : quos tibi hostes desumpseras Liv. 38, 45, 8, ceux que tu avais choisis comme ennemis ; sibi consules adservandos Liv. 4, 55, 3, se charger de surveiller les consuls, cf. Suet. Aug. 30 || inter se quasi cursum certamenque desumunt Plin. Min. Ep. 8, 20, 7, elles entreprennent entre elles, pour ainsi dire, une lutte à la course.

desumo , is, umpsi, umptum, ere. 3.
取。拿。— sibi hostem 以彼爲仇。

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dē-sūmō ūmpsī, —, ere,

• to take, choose, select: tibi hostīs, L.: sibi vacuas Athenas, H.—To assume, undertake: sibi consules adservandos, L.