2001 Translation

Sounds Like: SOO-moont

Translations: they take, they assume, they undertake, they seize, they pick up

From the root: SUMO

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This is the third-person plural present active indicative form of the verb 'sumo'. It means 'they take' or 'they assume'. It is used when a group of people or things are performing the action of taking, picking up, or undertaking something in the present tense. For example, 'milites arma sumunt' would mean 'the soldiers take up arms'.

Inflection: Third-person, Plural, Present, Active, Indicative

Instances

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 6:74
• Book Two — 6:74

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, SUMO.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• SUMENS — taking, assuming, receiving, undertaking, seizing, choosing
• SUMO — I take, I pick up, I assume, I undertake, I begin, I choose, I exact, I obtain, I put on, I apply

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