insumo

in-sūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3, v. a., to take for any thing; hence to apply to, expend upon.

I.

Lit.

(α).

In aliquid:

ut nullus teruncius insumatur in quemquam,

Cic. Att. 5, 17, 2:

sumptum in aliquam rem,

id. Inv. 2, 38, 113:

sestertios tricenos in cenam,

Gell. 2, 24, 11.—

(β).

With dat.:

paucos dies reficiendae classi,

Tac. A. 2, 53.—

(γ).

With abl.:

non est melius quo insumere possis,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 102.—

II.

Trop.

A.

To apply, employ, bestow:

operam frustra,

Liv. 10, 18:

operam libellis accusatorum,

Tac. A. 3, 44:

vitam versibus,

id. Or. 9.—

(β).

With in and abl.:

nec in evolvenda antiquitate satis operae insumitur,

Tac. Or. 29. —

(γ).

With ad:

omnis cura ad speculandum hoc malum insumitur,

Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 153.—

B.

To take to one ' s self, to take, assume:

interficiendi domini animum,

Tac. A. 14, 44:

medium latus,

Stat. Th. 2, 39:

dignas insumite mentes Coeptibus,

id. ib. 12, 643.—

C.

To use up, exhaust, weaken:

corpus,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 2, 60:

corporis virtutem,

id. Acut. 2, 37, 213.