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ab-sūmo, mpsi, mptum (not msi, mtum), 3, v. a.

Orig., to take away; hence, to diminish by taking away. Of things, to consume, to annihilate; of persons, orig. to ruin, to corrupt; later, in a phys. sense, to kill. Thus Hercules, in the transl. of the Trachiniae, complains: sic corpus clade horribili absumptum extabuit, consumed, ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 8, 20; so Philoctetes in a piece of Attius: jam jam absumor: conficit animam vis vulneris, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19 (Trag. Rel. p. 209 Rib.):

jam ista quidem absumpta res erit: diesque noctesque estur, bibitur, etc.,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 78:

absumpti sumus, pater tuus venit,

we are lost, undone! id. ib. 2, 1, 18; id. Am. 5, 1, 6:

nisi quid tibi in tete auxili est, absumptus es,

you are ruined, id. Ep. 1, 1, 76:

dum te fidelem facere ero voluisti, absumptu's paene,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 55:

pytisando modo mihi quid vini absumpsit!

has consumed, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 48; so,

absumet heres Caecuba dignior,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 25:

mensas malis,

Verg. A. 3, 257; cf. id. G. 3, 268; and:

absumptis frugum alimentis,

Liv. 23, 30, 3:

urbem flammis,

to consume, destroy, Liv. 30, 7, 9; cf. Vell. 2, 130; Plin. Ep. 10, 42:

plures fame quam ferro absumpti,

Liv. 22, 39, 14; cf.:

quos non oppresserat ignis, ferro absumpti,

killed, id. 30, 6, 6; and:

multi ibi mortales ferro ignique absumpti sunt,

id. 5, 7, 3; so,

nisi mors eum absumpsisset,

id. 23, 30 fin.; and:

animam leto,

Verg. A. 3, 654.—Absumi, to be killed:

ubi nuper Epiri rex Alexander absumptus erat,

Liv. 9, 17 fin. —Absumi in aliquid, to be used for any thing, to be changed into:

dentes in cornua absumi,

Plin. 11, 37, 45 fin. —

Fig., to ruin:

cum ille et curā et sumptu absumitur,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 26:

satietatem amoris,

to consume, id. ib. 5, 5, 6.—Often of time:

ne dicendo tempus absumam,

spend, pass, Cic. Quint. 10; so,

quattuor horas dicendo,

Liv. 45, 37, 6:

diem,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 114:

biduum inter cogitationes,

Curt. 3, 6, 8:

magnam partem aetatis in hoc,

Quint. 12, 11, 15.

ămoenus, a, um, adj. [amo; some comp. ameinôn], lovely, delightful, pleasant, charming (in gen. of objects affecting the sense of sight only; as a beautiful landscape, gar dens, rivers, pictures, etc.: amoena loca.. quod solum amorem praestentetad se amanda adliciant, Varr. ap. Isid. Orig. 14:

amoena sunt loca solius voluptatis plena,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 734; while jucundus is used both in a phys. and mental sense; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p 36; class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: amoena salicta, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.): Ennius, qui primus amoeno Detulit ex Helicone perenni fronde coronam, who first from the charming Helicon, etc., Lucr. 1, 117:

fons,

id. 4, 1024:

locus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 290:

praediola,

id. Att. 16, 3, 4:

loca amoena voluptaria,

Sall. C. 11, 5 Kritz:

amoena piorum Concilia,

Verg. A. 5, 734:

Devenere locos laetos et amoena virecta Fortunatorum nemorum sedesque beatas,

id. ib. 6, 638:

rus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 6:

aquae, aurae,

id. C. 3, 4, 7: hae latebrae dulces, etiam, si credis, amoenae, delightful to me (subjectively), but also in and of themselves (objectively) pleasant, id. Ep. 1, 16, 15 Schmid.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 35: amoenae Farfarus umbrae,

Ov. M. 14, 330, where Merkel, opacae Farfarus undae:

amoenissima aedificia,

Tac. H. 3, 30:

pictura,

Plin. 35, 10, 37 fin. —In reproach: cultus amoenior, too showy, coquetting, Liv. 4, 44, 11.—As subst., ămoena, ōrum, n. (cf. abditus, etc.), pleasant places:

per amoena Asiae atque Achaiae,

Tac. A. 3, 7:

amoena litorum,

id. H. 3, 76. —

Transf. to other things (rare, and for the most part only post-Aug.):

vita,

Tac. A. 15, 55:

ingenium,

id. ib. 2, 64; so id. ib. 13, 3:

animus, i. e. amoenitatibus deditus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 1:

amoenissima verba,

Gell. 2, 26; 16, 3; 18, 5 al.—Hence, adv.

Old form ămoenĭter:

hilare atque amoeniter vindemiam agitare,

joyfully and delightfully, Gell. 20, 8.—

Usu. form ămoenē;

* in respect to smell,

sweetly, fragrantly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2; of a dwelling, pleasantly (in sup.), Plin. Ep. 4, 23; of discourse (in comp.), Gell. 14, 1, 32.

ămoenus, a, um, adj. [amo; some comp. ameinôn], lovely, delightful, pleasant, charming (in gen. of objects affecting the sense of sight only; as a beautiful landscape, gar dens, rivers, pictures, etc.: amoena loca.. quod solum amorem praestentetad se amanda adliciant, Varr. ap. Isid. Orig. 14:

amoena sunt loca solius voluptatis plena,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 734; while jucundus is used both in a phys. and mental sense; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p 36; class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: amoena salicta, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.): Ennius, qui primus amoeno Detulit ex Helicone perenni fronde coronam, who first from the charming Helicon, etc., Lucr. 1, 117:

fons,

id. 4, 1024:

locus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 290:

praediola,

id. Att. 16, 3, 4:

loca amoena voluptaria,

Sall. C. 11, 5 Kritz:

amoena piorum Concilia,

Verg. A. 5, 734:

Devenere locos laetos et amoena virecta Fortunatorum nemorum sedesque beatas,

id. ib. 6, 638:

rus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 6:

aquae, aurae,

id. C. 3, 4, 7: hae latebrae dulces, etiam, si credis, amoenae, delightful to me (subjectively), but also in and of themselves (objectively) pleasant, id. Ep. 1, 16, 15 Schmid.; cf.

Doed. Syn. III. p. 35: amoenae Farfarus umbrae,

Ov. M. 14, 330, where Merkel, opacae Farfarus undae:

amoenissima aedificia,

Tac. H. 3, 30:

pictura,

Plin. 35, 10, 37 fin. —In reproach: cultus amoenior, too showy, coquetting, Liv. 4, 44, 11.—As subst., ămoena, ōrum, n. (cf. abditus, etc.), pleasant places:

per amoena Asiae atque Achaiae,

Tac. A. 3, 7:

amoena litorum,

id. H. 3, 76. —

Transf. to other things (rare, and for the most part only post-Aug.):

vita,

Tac. A. 15, 55:

ingenium,

id. ib. 2, 64; so id. ib. 13, 3:

animus, i. e. amoenitatibus deditus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 1:

amoenissima verba,

Gell. 2, 26; 16, 3; 18, 5 al.—Hence, adv.

Old form ămoenĭter:

hilare atque amoeniter vindemiam agitare,

joyfully and delightfully, Gell. 20, 8.—

Usu. form ămoenē;

* in respect to smell,

sweetly, fragrantly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2; of a dwelling, pleasantly (in sup.), Plin. Ep. 4, 23; of discourse (in comp.), Gell. 14, 1, 32.