maintain+one's+self

sūmo, sumpsi, sumptum, 3 (sync. form of the inf. perf. sumpse, Naev. ap. Gell. 2, 19, 6 (Com. Rel. v. 97 Rib.;

suremit for sumpsit, surempsit for sumpserit,

Paul. Diac. 299, 2; Fest. 298, 9), v. a. [contr. for subimo, from sub-emo], to take, take up, lay hold of, assume (syn. capio).

In gen.: auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 202:

laciniam,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 16:

si hoc digitulis duobus sumebas primoribus,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 24:

si mutuas non potero, certum'st sumam foenore,

id. As. 1, 3, 95:

postremo a me argentum quanti est sumito,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 20:

locum ( = capere),

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 9:

legem in manus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15:

unum quodque vas in manus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 63:

Epicurum et Metrodorum non fere praeter suos quisquam in manus sumit,

id. Tusc. 2, 3, 8:

orationes in manus,

Quint. 10, 1, 22:

litteras ad te a M. Lepido consule quasi commendaticias sumpsimus,

have taken, provided ourselves with, Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 3:

spatium ad vehicula comportanda,

Liv. 2, 4:

spatium ad colloquendum,

id. 8, 18:

ferrum ad aliquem interficiendum,

id. 40, 11, 10:

Tusculi ante quam Romae sumpta sunt arma,

id. 3, 19, 8:

pro conjuge ferrum,

Ov. H. 15 (16), 371:

arma,

Quint. 5, 10, 71:

sume venenum,

id. 8, 5, 23; Nep. Them. 10, 3; id. Hann. 12, 5:

partem Falerni,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 9:

cyathos,

id. ib. 3, 8, 13:

panem perfusam aquā frigidā,

Suet. Aug. 77:

potiunculam,

id. Dom. 21:

antidotum,

id. Calig. 23:

pomum de lance,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 20:

cibum,

Nep. Att. 21; Petr. 111:

soporem,

Nep. Dion, 2, 5:

sumptā virili togā,

put on, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

virilem togam,

Suet. Aug. 8; 94 med.; id. Tib. 7; id. Galb. 4; Val. Max. 5, 4, 4:

calceos et vestimenta,

Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18:

regium ornatum,

Nep. Eum. 13, 3: latum clavum (opp. deponere bracas), Poët. ap. Suet. Caes. 80:

diadema,

Suet. Calig. 22:

annulos ferreos (opp. deponere),

id. Aug. 100:

gausapa,

Ov. A. A. 2, 300:

alas pedibus virgamque manu tegumenque capillis,

id. M. 1, 672:

perventum est eo, quo sumpta navis est,

Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89:

pecuniam mutuam,

id. Fl. 20, 46; Sall. C. 24, 2:

aurum mutuum,

Suet. Caes. 51.—Of time:

diem ad deliberandum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

tempus cibi quietisque,

Liv. 32, 11.—

Trop.

In gen.:

calorem animo,

Lucr. 3, 288:

obsequium animo, i. e. animo obsequi,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 8:

Ariovistus tantos sibi spiritus, tantam arrogantiam sumpserat, ut, etc.,

assumed, Caes. B. G. 1, 33; cf.:

sumpsi animum,

I took courage, Ov. F. 1, 147:

animos serpentis,

id. M. 3, 545:

vigorem,

id. P. 3, 4, 31:

cum spiritus plebs sumpsisset,

Liv. 4, 54, 8:

certamine animi adversus eum sumpto,

id. 37, 10, 2:

exempla,

Cic. Lael. 11, 38: sumptis inimicitiis, susceptā causā, etc., taken upon one ' s self, assumed, id. Vatin. 11, 28:

omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrime desinere,

to be undertaken, entered upon, begun, Sall. J. 83, 1; so,

bellum cum aliquo,

Liv. 1, 42, 2; 36, 2, 3. —

Esp.: supplicium sumere, to exact satisfaction, inflict punishment, rarely absol.:

supplici sibi sumat, quod volt ipse, ob hanc injuriam,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 31:

satis sumpsimus jam supplici,

id. Pers. 5, 2, 72:

graviore sententiā pronuntiatā more majorum supplicium sumpsit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 44.—Usu. de aliquo:

potuisse hunc de illā supplicium sumere,

Cic. Inv. 2, 27, 82:

tum homo nefarius de homine nobili virgis supplicium crudelissime sumeret,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 91:

supplicium de matre sumpsisse,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 66; Liv. 39, 29; cf. supplicium.—Rarely ex aliquo, Liv. 23, 3, 1.— Post-class. also ab aliquo, Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 1;

5, 1, ext. 2.—Rarely poenam sumere ( = capere): pro maleficio poenam sumi oportere,

Cic. Inv. 2, 36, 108:

merentis poenas,

Verg. A. 2, 586:

poenam scelerato ex sanguine,

id. ib. 12, 949; cf. id. ib. 6, 501.—

In partic.

To take (by choice), to choose, select:

philosophiae studium,

Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

hoc sumo ( = suscipio), hoc mihi deposco,

id. Verr. 1, 12, 36:

nos Capuam sumpsimus,

id. Fam. 16, 11, 3:

sumat aliquem ex populo monitorem officii sui,

Sall. J. 85, 10:

enitimini, ne ego meliores liberos sumpsisse videar quam genuisse,

i. e. to have adopted, id. ib. 10, 8:

sumite materiam vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus,

Hor. A. P. 38:

quis te mala sumere cogit? Aut quis deceptum ponere sumpta velit?

Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 69 sq.:

disceptatorem,

Liv. 1, 50:

quod tres patricios magistratus nobilitas sibi sumpsisset,

id. 7, 1:

Miltiadem sibi imperatorem,

Nep. Milt. 1, 3.— Poet., with inf.:

quem virum aut heroa lyrā vel acri Tibiā sumis celebrare, Clio?

Hor. C. 1, 12, 2: quis sibi res gestas Augusti scribere sumit? id. Ep. 1, 3, 7.—

To take as one's own, to assume, claim, arrogate, appropriate to one's self (syn.:

ascisco, assumo, arrogo): quamquam mihi non sumo tantum neque arrogo, ut, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 1, 3:

sed mihi non sumo, ut meum consilium valere debuerit,

id. Att. 8, 11 D, §

6: sumpsi hoc mihi pro tuā in me observantiā, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 13, 50, 1:

tantum tibi sumito pro Capitone apud Caesarem, quantum, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 29, 6:

sibi imperatorias partes,

Caes. B. C. 3, 51:

nec sumit aut ponit secures Arbitrio popularis aurae,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 19:

vultus modo sumit acerbos,

Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 17:

mores antiquos,

Liv. 3, 68:

proelio sumpta Thessalia est,

conquered, Flor. 4, 2, 43.—

To take, get, acquire, receive:

distat sumasne pudenter an rapias,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44:

laudemque a crimine sumit,

Ov. M. 6, 474:

sumpto rigore,

id. ib. 10, 139:

vel tua me Sestus vel te mea sumit Abydos,

id. H. 17 (18), 127. —

To take for some purpose, i. e. to use, apply, employ, spend, consume (syn. insumo):

in malā uxore atque inimico si quid sumas, sumptus est: In bono hospite atque amico quaestus est, quod sumitur,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 79 sq.:

minus hercle in hisce rebus sumptum est sex minis,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 9 and 12:

frustra operam, opinor, sumo,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 15:

frustra laborem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

cui rei opus est, ei hilarem hunc sumamus diem,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 68:

videtis hos quasi sumptos dies ad labefactandam illius dignitatem,

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 44:

sumpseris tibi familiaritatem nostram ad ornamentum,

Plin. Ep. 6, 18, 2. — Poet.: curis sumptus, consumed, worn out, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. Fr. Inc. 8 Rib.).—

To undertake, begin, enter upon:

bellum,

Liv. 1, 42; Flor. 4, 12, 24:

bellis ponendis sumendisque,

Liv. 8, 4:

haec maxime belli ratio sumendi fuerat,

id. 38, 19:

duellum cum aliquo,

id. 36, 2:

proelia,

Suet. Caes. 60; Tac. H. 2, 45:

in hos expeditionem,

Flor. 4, 12, 6:

non mandata expeditio, sed sumpta est,

id. 4, 12, 48.— Poet.:

prima fide vocisque ratae temptamina sumpsit Liriope,

Ov. M. 3, 341.—

In an oration, disputation, etc.

To take for certain or for granted, to assume, maintain, suppose, affirm:

alterutrum fatearis enim sumasque necesse'st,

Lucr. 1, 974:

nec solum ea sumitis ad concludendum, quae ab omnibus concedantur, sed ea sumitis, quibus concessis, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 50, 104:

aliquid pro certo,

id. ib. —With inf.-clause:

beatos esse deos sumpsisti,

Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 89:

pro non dubio legati sumebant, quae Antiochi fuerunt, Eumenem aequius esse quam me habere,

Liv. 39, 28, 5.—

To make, take a beginning, etc. (late Lat.):

ab uno signo sumamus exordium,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 18:

ab illā quaestione principium sumere,

Lact. 1, 2: quin fictio a capite sumat exordium, id. Opif. Dei, 12, 7.—

To take, bring forward, cite, mention as a proof, an instance, etc. (cf. profero):

homines notos sumere odiosum est,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

unum hoc sumo,

id. ib. 34, 97:

sumam annum tertium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104:

ex istis tuis sumam aliquem,

id. Cael. 15, 36:

quid quisquam potest ex omni memoriā sumere illustrius?

id. Sest. 12, 27:

ab oratore aut poëtā probato sumptum ponere exemplum,

Auct. Her. 4, 1, 1.—

To take as a purchase, to buy, purchase:

quanti ego genus omnino signorum non aestimo, tanti ista quattuor aut quinque sumpsisti,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2:

decumas agri Leontini,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149:

quae parvo sumi nequeunt, obsonia captas,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 106.—

Aliquam, to use, enjoy, etc., in mal. part., Mart. 10, 81, 2:

mille licet sumant,

Ov. A. A. 3, 90; Auct. Priap. 5; cf.

gaudia,

Nemes. Ecl. 4, 59:

aliquid,

Petr. 100.—

To take, fascinate, charm:

simul conspexerit juvenem, venustate ejus sumitur,

App. M. 2, p. 116, 40.

mūnĭo (old form moenio, v. below), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( fut. munibis for munies, Veg. Vet. 1, 10, 5), v. a. [moenia, lit. to wall; hence], to build a wall around, to defend with a wall, to fortify, defend, protect, secure, put in a state of defence (class.).

Lit.:

arcem ad urbem obsidendam,

Nep. Tim. 3, 3:

palatium,

Liv. 1, 7:

locum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24, 3.—With abl.:

Alpibus Italiam munierat ante natura,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

domum praesidiis,

id. Cat. 1, 4, 10:

castra vallo fossāque,

with palisades and a trench, Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

locum muro,

id. ib. 29.—With a homogeneous object, prov.:

magna moenis moenia,

you are undertaking a great thing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 73:

duovir urbis moeniendae,

Inscr. Orell. 7142.— Absol.: quod idoneum ad muniendum putarent, for fortifying, i. e. for use in the fortifications, Nep. Them. 6, 21; Hirt. B. G. 8, 31. —Also, to surround, guard, for the protection of other things: ignem ita munire ut non evagaretur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 12, 7, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., to defend, guard, secure, protect, shelter:

Pergamum divinā moenitum manu,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2:

hortum ab incursu hominum,

Col. 11, 3, 2:

spica contra avium morsūs munitur vallo aristarum,

Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

hieme quaternis tunicis et tibialibus muniebatur,

he defended, protected, covered himself, Suet. Aug. 82. —

To make a road, etc., i. e. to make passable by opening, repairing, or paving it:

quasi Appius Caecus viam munierit,

Cic. Mil. 7, 17:

rupem,

Liv. 21, 37:

itinera,

Nep. Hann. 3, 4:

TEMPE MVNIVIT,

Inscr. Orell. 587. —

Trop.

To guard, secure, strengthen, support (cf.:

fulcio, sustineo): meretriculis Muniendis rem cogere,

to maintain, support, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 54 (dub.; Speng. moenerandis; v. munero).— Am strengthening myself:

munio me ad haec tempora,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 2:

imperium,

to secure, Nep. Reg. 2, 2:

muniri adversus fraudes,

to secure one's self, Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198 (dub. moneri, Jahn):

se contra ruborem,

Tac. Agr. 45:

se multorum benevolentiā,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 84:

se contra perfidiam,

id. Fam. 4, 14, 3:

aliquid auctoritate,

Vell. 2, 127, 2:

domum terrore,

Plin. Pan. 48, 3.—

Munire viam, to make or open a way:

haec omnia tibi accusandi viam muniebant,

prepared the way for your accusation, Cic. Mur. 23, 48:

sibi viam ad stuprum,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64.—Hence, mūnītus, a, um, P. a., defended, fortified, protected, secured, safe (class.):

nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem et audaciam posset esse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39.— Neutr. plur. munita as subst.: munita viāi, fortification or breastwork of the mouth (cf. Homer. herkos odontôn), the lips, Lucr. 3, 498.— Comp.:

se munitiorem ad custodiendam vitam suam fore,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 3.— Sup.:

munitissima castra,

Caes. B. G. 4, 55.— Adv.: mūnītē, securely, safely (ante-class.):

munitius,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 141. Müll.

munĭo, ōnis, a false reading for nomionem, v. Orell. and Klotz, ad h. l.; Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251.