autumo
Ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία → Root of all the evils is the love of money (Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
autŭmo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. for aitumo, as a lengthened form of aio; cf. negumo for nego; for the termination -tumo, cf. aes, aestimo, q. v., aeditumus, finitumus, and maritumus.
I Lit., to say aye, to affirm (mostly of questionable assertions, Ellis ad Cat. 44, 2; opp. nego, to say nay); hence, to assert, aver, say, name (chiefly anteclass.; esp. freq. in Plaut.; syn.: dico, affirmo, confirmo; used only once by Ter. and Hor., and never by Cic., Lucr., or Verg.): Ipsus sese ut neget esse eum qui siet, Meque ut esse autumet qui ipsus est, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 21: factum id esse hic non negat... et deinde facturum autumat, * Ter. Heaut. prol. 19: flexa non falsa autumare dictio Delphis solet, Pac. ap. Non. p. 237, 3; so Lucil. ib.: aut hic est aut hic affore actutum autumo, id. ib.: quas (res) si autumem omnis, nimis longus sermost, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 8; id. Am. 1, 1, 150; 1, 1, 260; id. Capt. 4, 2, 105; 4, 2, 117; 5, 2, 2; 5, 2, 8; id. Ep. 5, 1, 37; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 24; id. Men. prol. 8; id. Merc. 5, 2, 103; id. Pers. 1, 3, 71; 2, 2, 32; id. Ps. 4, 2, 28; id. Rud. 3, 3, 42; id. Trin. 2, 2, 48; 3, 2, 77; 3, 3, 15: te esse Tiburtem autumant, * Cat. 44, 2; Hor. S. 2, 3, 45: ab Elissā Tyriā, quam quidam Dido autumant, Carthago conditur, Vell. 1, 6, 4 Halm.—In pass.: quasi salsa muriatica esse autumantur, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.—
II Meton., effect for cause, to think, believe: bene quam meritam esse autumas, Dicis male mereri, auct. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 166; id. Top. 13, 55 (Trag. Rel. p. 265 Rib.).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
autŭmō,¹² āvī, ātum, āre, tr.,
1 dire, affirmer : Pl. Capt. 606 ; 891 ; Men. 760 || [avec prop. inf.] affirmer que : Pl. Capt. 236 ; Ter. Haut. 19 || dire, nommer, appeler : quam Dido autumant Vell. 1, 6, 2, qu’ils appellent Didon, cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 45
2 penser, estimer : Gell. 15, 3, 6 ; Quint. 8, 3, 26.
Latin > German (Georges)
autumo, āvī, ātum, āre (eig. aitumo v. aio, wie negumo v. nego), behauptend aussprechen, behaupten, sagen, nennen (Ggstz. nego), zuw. auch im Gedanken behaupten, meinen (Ggstz. dico), α) m. Acc., Plaut. capt. 606 u. 891; Men. 760; trin. 324 u. ö. Pacuv. tr. 308. Apul. met. 5, 25. – β) m. Acc. u. Infin., Plaut. Amph. 306; capt. 236 u. ö. Ter. heaut. tim. prol. 19. Atta com. 6. Poët. trag. fr. b. Cic. or. 166 u. top. 55. Lucil. sat. 28, 46. Catull. 44, 2. Sen. Phaedr. 262 (257); Oed. 786 (765). Apul. met. 1, 18. Auson. sept. sap. 7 (Pittac.), 7. Arnob. 5, 30 extr.: ex hac igitur sublimiore daemonum copia Plato autumat m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Apul. de deo Socr. 16. – γ) m. dopp. Acc., Hor. sat. 2, 3, 45. Vell. 1, 6, 4. Hieron. praef. in XII proph. – δ) absol., ut Plato autumat, Apul. apol. 4. p. 7, 10 Kr.: sicut ego autumo, Augustin. ep. 7, 4: ut Cato in oratione senatoria autumat, Solin. 27, 10: ut Plato in Symposio autumat, Apul. de deo Socr. 6: ut geometrae autumant, Apul. de deo Socr. 8. – / Vgl. übh. Gell. 15, 3, 6: autumo non id solum significat: ›aestumo‹, sed et ›dico‹ et ›opinor‹ et ›censeo‹; u. Quint. 8, 3, 26: ›autumo‹ tragicum.