Latin

Participle

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

1. assumed, claimed
2. undertaken
3. selected
4. purchased

Inflection

First/second declension.

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

Inflection

Fourth declension.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sumptus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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)