desumo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈzu.mo/, (traditional) /deˈsu.mo/
• Rhymes: -umo
• Hyphenation: de‧sù‧mo

Verb

desumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of desumere

Anagrams

• dumose

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ sūmō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈsuː.moː/, [d̪eːˈs̠uːmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈsu.mo/, [d̪eˈs̬uːmo]

Verb

dēsūmō (present infinitive dēsūmere, perfect active dēsūmpsī, supine dēsūmptum); third conjugation

1. to choose, select

   Synonyms: dēligō, adoptō, optō, dēstinō, sēpōnō, legō, ēligō, capiō, creō, sūmō

   • 59 BC–AD 17, Titus Livius, The History of Rome 4,55:

     duo singuli singulos sibi consules adseruandos adsidua opera desumunt

     two of them choose each a consul whose labour is to be beheld unremittingly

   • Giovanni Aurelio Rimini, Sermonum Libri :

     nunc semen instituo, unde mihi spes est non vana tuarum mox rerum cumulo desumere frugem

     I plant seeds now and I hope soon to select a heap of their produce for you

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēsūmō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēsūmō	dēsūmis	dēsūmit	dēsūmimus	dēsūmitis	dēsūmunt
	imperfect	dēsūmēbam	dēsūmēbās	dēsūmēbat	dēsūmēbāmus	dēsūmēbātis	dēsūmēbant
	future	dēsūmam	dēsūmēs	dēsūmet	dēsūmēmus	dēsūmētis	dēsūment
	perfect	dēsūmpsī	dēsūmpsistī	dēsūmpsit	dēsūmpsimus	dēsūmpsistis	dēsūmpsērunt, dēsūmpsēre
	pluperfect	dēsūmpseram	dēsūmpserās	dēsūmpserat	dēsūmpserāmus	dēsūmpserātis	dēsūmpserant
	future perfect	dēsūmpserō	dēsūmpseris	dēsūmpserit	dēsūmpserimus	dēsūmpseritis	dēsūmpserint
passive	present	dēsūmor	dēsūmeris, dēsūmere	dēsūmitur	dēsūmimur	dēsūmiminī	dēsūmuntur
	imperfect	dēsūmēbar	dēsūmēbāris, dēsūmēbāre	dēsūmēbātur	dēsūmēbāmur	dēsūmēbāminī	dēsūmēbantur
	future	dēsūmar	dēsūmēris, dēsūmēre	dēsūmētur	dēsūmēmur	dēsūmēminī	dēsūmentur
	perfect	dēsūmptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēsūmptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēsūmptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēsūmam	dēsūmās	dēsūmat	dēsūmāmus	dēsūmātis	dēsūmant
	imperfect	dēsūmerem	dēsūmerēs	dēsūmeret	dēsūmerēmus	dēsūmerētis	dēsūmerent
	perfect	dēsūmpserim	dēsūmpserīs	dēsūmpserit	dēsūmpserīmus	dēsūmpserītis	dēsūmpserint
	pluperfect	dēsūmpsissem	dēsūmpsissēs	dēsūmpsisset	dēsūmpsissēmus	dēsūmpsissētis	dēsūmpsissent
passive	present	dēsūmar	dēsūmāris, dēsūmāre	dēsūmātur	dēsūmāmur	dēsūmāminī	dēsūmantur
	imperfect	dēsūmerer	dēsūmerēris, dēsūmerēre	dēsūmerētur	dēsūmerēmur	dēsūmerēminī	dēsūmerentur
	perfect	dēsūmptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēsūmptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēsūme	—	—	dēsūmite	—
	future	—	dēsūmitō	dēsūmitō	—	dēsūmitōte	dēsūmuntō
passive	present	—	dēsūmere	—	—	dēsūmiminī	—
	future	—	dēsūmitor	dēsūmitor	—	—	dēsūmuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēsūmere	dēsūmpsisse	dēsūmptūrum esse	dēsūmī	dēsūmptum esse	dēsūmptum īrī
participles		dēsūmēns	—	dēsūmptūrus	—	dēsūmptus	dēsūmendus, dēsūmundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēsūmendī	dēsūmendō	dēsūmendum	dēsūmendō	dēsūmptum	dēsūmptū

Descendants

• → English: desume
• → Italian: desumere
• → Portuguese: desumir

References

• “desumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “desumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• desumo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.