absumo

Latin

Etymology

ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ sūmō (“take; take up, assume”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /abˈsuː.moː/, [äpˈs̠uːmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈsu.mo/, [äbˈsuːmo]

Verb

absūmō (present infinitive absūmere, perfect active absūmpsī, supine absūmptum); third conjugation

1. to diminish, take away, use up, consume, exhaust

   Synonyms: hauriō, exhauriō, abūtor, cōnsūmō, conterō, terō, accīdō

2. to ruin, destroy, annihilate, corrupt

   Synonyms: ruīnō, dēstruō, exscindō, aboleō, dīruō, perdō, sepeliō, occīdō, tollō, populor, interimō, accīdō, perimō, trucīdō

   Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor

3. to kill

   Synonyms: necō, caedō, interficiō, trucīdō, tollō, occīdō, peragō, percutiō, interimō, perimō, iugulō, obtruncō, cōnficiō, ēnecō, sōpiō, cōnsūmō, dēiciō

Conjugation

Conjugation of absūmō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	absūmō	absūmis	absūmit	absūmimus	absūmitis	absūmunt
	imperfect	absūmēbam	absūmēbās	absūmēbat	absūmēbāmus	absūmēbātis	absūmēbant
	future	absūmam	absūmēs	absūmet	absūmēmus	absūmētis	absūment
	perfect	absūmpsī	absūmpsistī	absūmpsit	absūmpsimus	absūmpsistis	absūmpsērunt, absūmpsēre
	pluperfect	absūmpseram	absūmpserās	absūmpserat	absūmpserāmus	absūmpserātis	absūmpserant
	future perfect	absūmpserō	absūmpseris	absūmpserit	absūmpserimus	absūmpseritis	absūmpserint
passive	present	absūmor	absūmeris, absūmere	absūmitur	absūmimur	absūmiminī	absūmuntur
	imperfect	absūmēbar	absūmēbāris, absūmēbāre	absūmēbātur	absūmēbāmur	absūmēbāminī	absūmēbantur
	future	absūmar	absūmēris, absūmēre	absūmētur	absūmēmur	absūmēminī	absūmentur
	perfect	absūmptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	absūmptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	absūmptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	absūmam	absūmās	absūmat	absūmāmus	absūmātis	absūmant
	imperfect	absūmerem	absūmerēs	absūmeret	absūmerēmus	absūmerētis	absūmerent
	perfect	absūmpserim	absūmpserīs	absūmpserit	absūmpserīmus	absūmpserītis	absūmpserint
	pluperfect	absūmpsissem	absūmpsissēs	absūmpsisset	absūmpsissēmus	absūmpsissētis	absūmpsissent
passive	present	absūmar	absūmāris, absūmāre	absūmātur	absūmāmur	absūmāminī	absūmantur
	imperfect	absūmerer	absūmerēris, absūmerēre	absūmerētur	absūmerēmur	absūmerēminī	absūmerentur
	perfect	absūmptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	absūmptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	absūme	—	—	absūmite	—
	future	—	absūmitō	absūmitō	—	absūmitōte	absūmuntō
passive	present	—	absūmere	—	—	absūmiminī	—
	future	—	absūmitor	absūmitor	—	—	absūmuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		absūmere	absūmpsisse	absūmptūrum esse	absūmī	absūmptum esse	absūmptum īrī
participles		absūmēns	—	absūmptūrus	—	absūmptus	absūmendus, absūmundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		absūmendī	absūmendō	absūmendum	absūmendō	absūmptum	absūmptū

Derived terms

• absūmptiō
• absūmptus

Descendants

• → English: absume

References

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