suscipiō (succip-)

    suscipiō (succip-) cēpī, ceptus, ere    [subs (see sub)+capio], to take, catch, take up, lift up, receive: dominam ruentem, V.: cruorem pateris, V.—Of the state, to receive, admit, take as a citizen: in populi R. civitatem susceptus.—(Because a father by taking up the new-born child formally acknowledged it), to take up, acknowledge, recognize, bring up as one's own: simul atque editi in lucem et suscepti sumus: puerum, T.—Of children, to get, beget, bear, have: quā (uxore) filiam Suscepit, T.: ex libertini filiā liberos: si qua mihi de te suscepta fuisset suboles, V.—Fig., to undertake, assume, begin, incur, enter upon (voluntarily): aut inimicitias aut laborem: personā viri boni susceptā: pacis patrocinium: aes alienum amicorum: prodigia, L.: quae si suscipiamus, undertake to prove: sibi legationem ad civitates, take upon himself, Cs.: mihi auctoritatem patriam.— To undergo, submit to, incur, bear, accept, suffer: invidia conservandā re p. suscepta: apud populos invidiam: poenam nullam suo dignam scelere: in se scelus, i. e. wilfully incur guilt: in se istius culpam crimenque.—With ut and subj, to allow, admit: suscepit vita hominum consuetudoque communis, ut, etc.—In conversation, to take up (the subject), answer: Suscipit Anchises atque ordine singula pandit, V.