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Nullus cibum sumere debet, nisi stomachus sit vacuus.
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Assuescat bis in die cibos, sumere, certa semper hora.
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At ille, quod neque se parem armis existimabat et amicitia populi Romani magis quam Numidis fretus erat, legatos ad Jugurtham de injuriis questum [142] misit; qui tametsi contumeliosa dicta retulerant, prius tamen omnia pati decrevit quam bellum sumere, quia temptatum antea secus [143] cesserat.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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Professor R.J. Tarrant compares such phrases as _sumere iras_ (_Met_ II 175),
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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"_Arma in armatos sumere jura sinunt_ -- the possessor may use violence to maintain his possession, but not to recover that of which he has been deprived."
Doom Castle Neil Munro
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_Ep_ I xviii 85 'neglecta solent incendia _sumere uires_'.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Cf. the preface, 'Urbis Romae exterarumque gentium facta simul ac dicta memoratu digna, quae apud alios latius diffusa sunt quam ut breviter cognosci possint, ab illustribus electa auctoribus digerere constitui, ut documenta sumere volentibus longae inquisitionis labor absit.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Reply Obj. 3: Assumption determines with whom the union is made on the part of the one assuming, inasmuch as assumption means taking unto oneself (_ad se sumere_), whereas incarnation and humanation
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Mel meum, amabo, etsi haec fiunt, tuost: unde illum sumere censes, nisi quod tute illi dederis? hanc veniam illis sine te exorem.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Istuc sapienter saltem fecit filius, cum diviti homini id aurum servandum dedit; ab eo licebit quamvis subito sumere.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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