undertake
undertake
v. trans.
P. and V. ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐπῐχειρεῖν (dat.), αἴρεσθαι, ἀ̆ναιρεῖσθαι, ὑ̆φίστασθαι, ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), Ar. and P. μετᾰχειρίζεσθαι, P. ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.).
Of mine own will I undertook this labour: V. ἐγὼ ʼθελοντὴς τῷδʼ ὑπεζύγην πόνῳ (Soph. Aj. 24).
Undertake in addition: P. προσαναιρεῖσθαι.
Undertake with another: P. and V. σῠναίρεσθαι (τί τινι).
Promise, trans. or absol.: P. and V. ὑ̆πισχνεῖσθαι, ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι, ἐπῐνεύειν, V. ὑ̆πίσχεσθαι, σῠναινεῖν (also Xen.), αἰνεῖν, κᾰταινεῖν, P. κατεπαγγέλλεσθαι; see promise.Absol., P. and V. ὑ̆φίστασθαι, P. ὑποδέχεσθαι, ἀναδέχεσθαι, V. ἐξαγγέλλεσθαι.
Be willing: Ar. and P. ἐθέλειν, Ar. and V. θέλειν.
v. trans.
P. and V. ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐπῐχειρεῖν (dat.), αἴρεσθαι, ἀ̆ναιρεῖσθαι, ὑ̆φίστασθαι, ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), Ar. and P. μετᾰχειρίζεσθαι, P. ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.).
Of mine own will I undertook this labour: V. ἐγὼ ʼθελοντὴς τῷδʼ ὑπεζύγην πόνῳ (Soph. Aj. 24).
Undertake in addition: P. προσαναιρεῖσθαι.
Undertake with another: P. and V. σῠναίρεσθαι (τί τινι).
Promise, trans. or absol.: P. and V. ὑ̆πισχνεῖσθαι, ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι, ἐπῐνεύειν, V. ὑ̆πίσχεσθαι, σῠναινεῖν (also Xen.), αἰνεῖν, κᾰταινεῖν, P. κατεπαγγέλλεσθαι; see promise.Absol., P. and V. ὑ̆φίστασθαι, P. ὑποδέχεσθαι, ἀναδέχεσθαι, V. ἐξαγγέλλεσθαι.
Be willing: Ar. and P. ἐθέλειν, Ar. and V. θέλειν.
UNDERTAKE
incipere (to begin especially in a bold or spirited manner): aggredi aliquid or ad aliquid (to attack): sumere (to take in hand): suscipere (to take upon one’s self): recipere (to become responsible for): moliri (to endeavor to accomplish something difficult or laborious; this is construed also with an infinitive): conari (to begin something that requires effort and pain; usually with an infinitive): audere (to attempt something dangerous or hazardous; usually with an infinitive): To undertake a work or labor laborem sumere suscipere or recipere: to undertake a war bellum incipere sumere or suscipere: to undertake a journey iter incipere aggredi or inire (to enter upon): iter suscipere (as a business or charge):
Engage [Vid. ENGAGE intransitively].
To undertake the care or charge of curare: tueri (to keep in one’s sight or care): recipere suscipere (to take upon one’s self the latter especially from one’s own impulse; all followed by an accusative). To undertake the charge of anybody curare de aliquo diligenter (to take care of): prospicere or consulere alicui: consulere et prospicere alicujus rationibus (to consult his good): aliquem tueri or defendere (to protect defend him): aliquem tueri et defendere or aliquem tueri eique consulere; suscipere or recipere aliquem; adesse alicui (especially in a court of justice). To undertake the entire charge of anybody totum aliquem suscipere ac tueri: to cease to undertake the charge of anybody aliquem abjicere: not to undertake anybody’s cause deesse alicui (especially in a court of justice): to undertake the care of anything curam alicujus rei suscipere: tueri et defendere rem (to defend): causam suscipere or recipere; causam tueri (in a court of justice). To undertake the care of the commonwealth the state suscipere salutem reipublicae: to undertake the management of anything in good earnest incumbere in rem (☞ not alicui rei): with the utmost zeal omni cogitatione curaque incumbere in rem: not to undertake the care of a thing rem negligere.
incipere (to begin especially in a bold or spirited manner): aggredi aliquid or ad aliquid (to attack): sumere (to take in hand): suscipere (to take upon one’s self): recipere (to become responsible for): moliri (to endeavor to accomplish something difficult or laborious; this is construed also with an infinitive): conari (to begin something that requires effort and pain; usually with an infinitive): audere (to attempt something dangerous or hazardous; usually with an infinitive): To undertake a work or labor laborem sumere suscipere or recipere: to undertake a war bellum incipere sumere or suscipere: to undertake a journey iter incipere aggredi or inire (to enter upon): iter suscipere (as a business or charge):
Engage [Vid. ENGAGE intransitively].
To undertake the care or charge of curare: tueri (to keep in one’s sight or care): recipere suscipere (to take upon one’s self the latter especially from one’s own impulse; all followed by an accusative). To undertake the charge of anybody curare de aliquo diligenter (to take care of): prospicere or consulere alicui: consulere et prospicere alicujus rationibus (to consult his good): aliquem tueri or defendere (to protect defend him): aliquem tueri et defendere or aliquem tueri eique consulere; suscipere or recipere aliquem; adesse alicui (especially in a court of justice). To undertake the entire charge of anybody totum aliquem suscipere ac tueri: to cease to undertake the charge of anybody aliquem abjicere: not to undertake anybody’s cause deesse alicui (especially in a court of justice): to undertake the care of anything curam alicujus rei suscipere: tueri et defendere rem (to defend): causam suscipere or recipere; causam tueri (in a court of justice). To undertake the care of the commonwealth the state suscipere salutem reipublicae: to undertake the management of anything in good earnest incumbere in rem (☞ not alicui rei): with the utmost zeal omni cogitatione curaque incumbere in rem: not to undertake the care of a thing rem negligere.
undertake:
I. In gen. sense:
1. suscĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: to u. a business, negotium s., Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 5: u. the cause of the senate, suscipe causam senatus, id. Verr. 1, 17, 51.
2. sūmo, sumpsi, sumptum, 3: sometimes with dat. of person: I u. the study of philosophy, mihi ipse s. studium philosophiae, id. Acad. 1, 2, 7: who u.s to write the deeds of Augustus? quis res gestas Augusti scribere sumit? Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 7: the war which the people ordered to be u.n with Antiochus, duellum quod cum Antiocho populus sumi jussit, Liv. 36, 2.
3. aggrĕdior, gressus, 3, dep.: let us u. some great thing, magnum quid aggrediamur, Cic. Att. 2, 14: with prep. ad: when I u.took the case, quum ad causam sum aggressus, id. de Or. 2, 72, 291.
4. rĕcipio, 3 (make a bargain to do a thing): the man who had u.n to do it, illum, qui sese facturum recepisset, id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114: which thing induced me to u. the case, quae res me impulit, ut ... causam reciperem, ib. 1, 2: see below.
5. incĭpio, 3 (to begin): they u.took it with this hope, hac illi spe hoc inceperunt, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 20: to think that Aeschinus should u. such a thing! hoccine incipere Aeschinum! ib. 30.
6. căpio, cēpi, capere, 3: to form or u. a plan, consilium capio, Cic. Fam. 14, 12: in old legal phraseol., to u. an office, magistratum capio, id. Leg. 3, 3, 8: v.TO TAKE .
7. mōlior, ītus, 4 (to plan): you have nothing here to u., hic, quod moliare, nihil habes, Cic. Verr. 1, 51, 133.
8. ineo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum (enter upon), 4: to u. a plan, rationem ineo, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 30: consilium ineo, Ov. Fast. 3, 380: I will u. your duties, tua munera inibo, Virg. Aen. 5, 846.
9. cōnor, 1 (to attempt): to think before u.ing, prius cogitare quam conari, Nep. Dat. 7.
10. coepi, def. (to begin): let me first relate what I u.took, hoc, quod coepi, primum enarrem, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 32.
II. To u. a work for pay:
1. recĭpio, 3: see also above, I., 4.
2. condūco, duxi, ductum, 3: the contractor who had u.taken to make the column ..., qui columnam ... conduxerat faciendam, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47.
3. rĕdĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3: he u. took the quarrels of the society, not his own, societatis, non suas lites redemit, id. Rosc. Com. 12, 35.
III. To u. a legal case:
1. causam ăgo: Liv. 37, 54.
2. c. dēfendo: Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 198: v.TO DARE , ATTEMPT .
I. In gen. sense:
1. suscĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: to u. a business, negotium s., Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 5: u. the cause of the senate, suscipe causam senatus, id. Verr. 1, 17, 51.
2. sūmo, sumpsi, sumptum, 3: sometimes with dat. of person: I u. the study of philosophy, mihi ipse s. studium philosophiae, id. Acad. 1, 2, 7: who u.s to write the deeds of Augustus? quis res gestas Augusti scribere sumit? Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 7: the war which the people ordered to be u.n with Antiochus, duellum quod cum Antiocho populus sumi jussit, Liv. 36, 2.
3. aggrĕdior, gressus, 3, dep.: let us u. some great thing, magnum quid aggrediamur, Cic. Att. 2, 14: with prep. ad: when I u.took the case, quum ad causam sum aggressus, id. de Or. 2, 72, 291.
4. rĕcipio, 3 (make a bargain to do a thing): the man who had u.n to do it, illum, qui sese facturum recepisset, id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114: which thing induced me to u. the case, quae res me impulit, ut ... causam reciperem, ib. 1, 2: see below.
5. incĭpio, 3 (to begin): they u.took it with this hope, hac illi spe hoc inceperunt, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 20: to think that Aeschinus should u. such a thing! hoccine incipere Aeschinum! ib. 30.
6. căpio, cēpi, capere, 3: to form or u. a plan, consilium capio, Cic. Fam. 14, 12: in old legal phraseol., to u. an office, magistratum capio, id. Leg. 3, 3, 8: v.
7. mōlior, ītus, 4 (to plan): you have nothing here to u., hic, quod moliare, nihil habes, Cic. Verr. 1, 51, 133.
8. ineo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum (enter upon), 4: to u. a plan, rationem ineo, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 30: consilium ineo, Ov. Fast. 3, 380: I will u. your duties, tua munera inibo, Virg. Aen. 5, 846.
9. cōnor, 1 (to attempt): to think before u.ing, prius cogitare quam conari, Nep. Dat. 7.
10. coepi, def. (to begin): let me first relate what I u.took, hoc, quod coepi, primum enarrem, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 32.
II. To u. a work for pay:
1. recĭpio, 3: see also above, I., 4.
2. condūco, duxi, ductum, 3: the contractor who had u.taken to make the column ..., qui columnam ... conduxerat faciendam, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47.
3. rĕdĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3: he u. took the quarrels of the society, not his own, societatis, non suas lites redemit, id. Rosc. Com. 12, 35.
III. To u. a legal case:
1. causam ăgo: Liv. 37, 54.
2. c. dēfendo: Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 198: v.
παραλαμβάνω
παραλαμβάνω, take, receive from (verb); παραλαμβάνω, undertake, take from (verb) (19d (12i))
τολμάω
τολμάω, dare, be daring, undertake (verb)
ἐπιχειρέω
ἐπιχειρέω, undertake, set to work (verb)
ὑπισχνέομαι
ὑπισχνέομαι, undertake (to do + compl. inf.); promise, profess (+ indirect discourse inf.)
τόλμα
courage, to undertake
διομολογέω
to make an agreement, undertake
to undertake, set about
ὑπίσχομαι
take upon oneself, undertake, promise
παραλαμβάνω, take, receive from (verb); παραλαμβάνω, undertake, take from (verb) (19d (12i))
τολμάω
τολμάω, dare, be daring, undertake (verb)
ἐπιχειρέω
ἐπιχειρέω, undertake, set to work (verb)
ὑπισχνέομαι
ὑπισχνέομαι, undertake (to do + compl. inf.); promise, profess (+ indirect discourse inf.)
τόλμα
courage, to undertake
διομολογέω
to make an agreement, undertake
appearing fewer than 50 times
φιάλλωto undertake, set about
ὑπίσχομαι
take upon oneself, undertake, promise
suscipio
to take, catch, take up, receive; defend; undertake
adeo
to go to, approach; address, consult, undertake, submit
conor
to undertake, endeavor, attempt, try, venture
ordior
to begin a web, lay the warp, begin, commence, make a beginning, set about, undertake
to begin eagerly, begin, undertake, attempt
to take, catch, take up, receive; defend; undertake
adeo
to go to, approach; address, consult, undertake, submit
conor
to undertake, endeavor, attempt, try, venture
ordior
to begin a web, lay the warp, begin, commence, make a beginning, set about, undertake
appearing fewer than 50 times
coeptoto begin eagerly, begin, undertake, attempt