sumptus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsuːmp.tus/, [ˈs̠uːmpt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsump.tus/, [ˈsumpt̪us]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of sūmō.

Participle

sūmptus (feminine sūmpta, neuter sūmptum); first/second-declension participle

1. assumed, claimed
2. undertaken
3. selected
4. purchased
5. obtained, acquired

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sūmptus	sūmpta	sūmptum		sūmptī	sūmptae	sūmpta
genitive	sūmptī	sūmptae	sūmptī		sūmptōrum	sūmptārum	sūmptōrum
dative	sūmptō	sūmptae	sūmptō		sūmptīs
accusative	sūmptum	sūmptam	sūmptum		sūmptōs	sūmptās	sūmpta
ablative	sūmptō	sūmptā	sūmptō		sūmptīs
vocative	sūmpte	sūmpta	sūmptum		sūmptī	sūmptae	sūmpta

Descendants

• → Italian: sunto
• → Portuguese: sumpto, >? sunto

Etymology 2

From sumō (I take) +‎ -tus (noun formation suffix).

Noun

sūmptus m (genitive sūmptūs); fourth declension

1. cost, charge, expense

   Synonym: impēnsa

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sūmptus	sūmptūs
genitive	sūmptūs	sūmptuum
dative	sūmptuī	sūmptibus
accusative	sūmptum	sūmptūs
ablative	sūmptū	sūmptibus
vocative	sūmptus	sūmptūs

References

• “sumptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sumptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sumptus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sumptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be interred (at the expense of the state, at one's own cost): funere efferri or simply efferri (publice; publico, suo sumptu)
    
  • his means suffice to defray daily expenses: copiae cotidianis sumptibus suppetunt (vid. sect. IV. 2, note suppeditare...)
    
  • to spend money on an object: sumptum facere, insumere in aliquid
    
  • prodigal expenditure: sumptus effusi (vid. sect. IX. 2, note Cf. effusa fuga...) or profusi
    
  • to incur few expenses: sumptui parcere (Fam. 16. 4)
    
  • to limit one's expenditure: sumptibus modum statuere
    
  • to retrench: sumptum minuere
    
  • current expenses: sumptus perpetui (Off. 2. 12. 42)
    
  • munificence: sumptus liberales (Off. 2. 12. 42)