English → Latin
“assume” in Latin
sūmōto take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate; to undertake, begin, enter upon; to exact satisfaction, inflictcapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm; to take on, adopt; to hold, to containarrogōto claim as one's own, arrogate to oneself, assume; to assign, attribute; to confer upon or procure for someoneassūmōto take up, receive, adopt, accept, or assumeascīscōto take or receive something with knowledge; approve, accept, recognize, adopt; to take or receive someone to oneself; btribuōto grant, bestow, assign, attribute; to yield, give up, concede, allow; to divide, share, distributepōnōto place; to put; to lay; to ordain; to appoint; to make (something); to set up; to pitch (camp)simulōto make like, simulate, imitate, copy, represent; to feign, pretend; to behave or act (as if, as though)
The English word assume itself goes back to Latin emō, through assūmō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
assume
take, sumere: capere. To assume as a pretence, simulare.
Take or arrogate to one’s self, sumere: sibi sumere, assumere, asciscere, arrogare or tribuere: aliquid vindicare sibi or ad se: aliquid usurpare. To assume the name of king, regium nomen sumere: regium nomen sibi asciscere: to assume the royal authority, regnum sibi vindicare: the praises of another, alius laudes vindicare ad se: great authority, magnam auctoritatem sibi sumere.
Take for granted: sumere, or habere, or putare pro certo: pro certo, or comprobato ponere, or ponere only. You have assumed that the gods are happy, deos beatos esse sumsisti: this being assumed and granted, hoc posito et concesso (posito alone is bad). All philosophers assume, inter omnes philosophos constat.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for assume?
- The usual Latin words for “assume” are sūmō, capiō, arrogō; also assūmō, ascīscō, tribuō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.