verb transitive

dēsūmo

2nd PP dē-sūmere · 3rd PP dē-sumpsi · conj. 3rd

(msi), Lit.

to take for one's self; to pick out, choose, select; to take upon one's self, undertake ••

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.

Perseus ID: n13493 Key: desumo