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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₁em-e/o-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [ĩːˈsuː.moː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [inˈsuː.mo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''īnsūmō''' (present infinitive īnsūmere, perfect active īnsūmpsī, supine īnsūmptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ Marius Victorinus prescribes the perfect spelling ''īnsūmsit''.^(TLL)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|in-|sūmō|t2=to take]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) [[m|la|sūmō]] is formed from [[m|la|sub-]] and [[m|la|emō|t=to take, buy]],^(Wiktionary) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*eme/o-|t=to take]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁em-e/o-|t=to take]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Its first sense in the OLD is illustrated from Cicero, of no effort spent, ''nulla opera insumpta''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It means to expend or employ money, time or effort on something:^(OLD 2012) Cicero writes that not a farthing is spent on anyone, and Gellius of thirty sesterces spent on a dinner.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Celsus uses it of taking in moisture, when more is excreted than is taken in.^(OLD 2012) Statius has clouds taking up a position on a mountain's side, in a line that may be interpolated, and also assuming a frame of mind, strength equal to grief.^(OLD 2012) In Church Latin it is to consume.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of effort and money spent.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus, of taking in moisture.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius, of assuming strength.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius, of money spent on a dinner.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|spend]], expend, employ money, time or effort;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) to apply, bestow.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To take in, [[m|en|consume]];^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995) to take up a position.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|assume]] a frame of mind.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[insumptio]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[sūmō]]
+ * [[sūmptus]]
+ * [[emō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}