(verb) : as-sūmo (ads-, Lachm., Halm, B. and K., Weissenb., K. and H.; ass-, Merk.), mpsi, mptum, 3
* To take to or with one's self, to take up, receive, adopt, accept, take.
* In gen.
* Lit.: Plura sibi adsumunt quam de se corpora mittunt,Lucr. 2, 1124: cibus atque umor membris adsumitur intus,id. 4, 1091; so of nourishment,Cels. 1, 3; 5, 27, n. 17; Scrib. Comp. 200: numquam committet, ut id, quod alteri detraxerit, sibi adsumat,Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23: sacra Cereris adsumpta de Graeciā,id. Balb. 24, 55: socius et administer omnium consiliorum adsumitur Scaurus,Sall. J. 29, 2: eos in societatem consilii avunculi adsumunt,Liv. 2, 4, 2: adulescentes conscii adsumpti,id. ib.: in societatem armorum,id. 2, 22; so, in consilium,Plin. Ep. 3, 19; id. Pan. 8: in consortium,id. Ep. 7, 3: nec decet aliter filium adsumi, si adsumatur a principe,i. e. is adopted,id. ib. 7, 4; 8, 3: uxorem,id. ib. 83, 4: si rursum (uxor) adsumeretur,Tac. A. 12, 2: adsumptis duobus filiis ire perrexit,Vulg. Gen. 48, 1; ib. 2 Par. 23, 20: Tunc adsumpsit eum Diabolus,ib. Matt. 4, 5: adsumit Jesus Petrum,ib. Marc. 9, 1: quem (arietem) adsumens obtulit holocaustum pro filio,ib. Gen. 22, 13; ib. Lev. 14, 10 et saep.: in familiam nomenque,Tac. A. 1, 8 et saepe: cautum dignos adsumere, to take or choose as friends only those worthy of you, Hor. S. 1, 6, 51: adsumpsit Jesus duodecim, i. e. as his disciples,Vulg. Luc. 18, 31. —So of the assumption of our Lord to heaven: Dominus Jesus adsumptus est in caelum, Vulg. Marc. 16, 9; ib. Act. 1, 2.
* Esp.
* Sometimes, like accipio, without the idea of action, to receive, obtain: fetus Melliferarum apium sine membris corpora nasci, Et serosque pedes serasque assumere pennas,Ov. M. 15, 384: Qui sperant in Domino, adsument pennas sicut aquilae,Vulg. Isa. 40, 31: a ventis alimenta adsumere,Ov. M. 7, 79: illas assumere robora gentes,id. ib. 15, 421.
* To take in addition to, to add to: si quis aliam quoque artem sibi adsumpserit,Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 217; 1, 37, 170: aliquantum jam etiam noctis adsumo,id. Fam. 7, 23 fin.: ne qui postea adsumerentur,Liv. 21, 19: Butram tibi Septiciumque et Sabinum adsumam,Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 28.
* In logic, t. t., to add or join to a syllogism the minor proposition: Ea (propositio vera ac perspicua) est hujus modi: Si quo die Romae ista caedes facta est, ego Athenis eo die fui, in caede interesse non potui. Hoc quia perspicue verum est, nihil attinet approbari; quā re adsumi statim oportet hoc modo: fui autem Athenis eo die, Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 63; id. Div. 2, 51, 106; 2, 53, 108.
* In gram.: adsumpta verba.
* Epithets, ἐπίθετα, Cic. Part. Or. 7.
* Figurative expressions, tropes, Quint. 10, 1, 121.