I.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.
dē-sūmo , mpsi (msi), 3, v. a. Lit.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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