sumptio
ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sumptio: (collat. form sumpsio, Cato, R. R. 145, 2), ōnis, f. sumo,
I a taking.
I Lit., Vitr. 1, 2, 2.—
II Trop., in logic, a premise taken for granted, an assumption: demus tibi istas duas sumptiones, ea quae λήμματα appellant dialectici; sed nos Latine loqui malumus, Cic. Div. 2, 53, 108.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sūmptĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (sumo),
1 action de prendre, prise : [pl.] Cato Agr. 145, 2 ; Vitr. Arch. 1, 2, 2
2 prémisse d’un syllogisme : Cic. Div. 2, 108.
Latin > German (Georges)
sūmptio, ōnis, f. (sumo), I) das Nehmen, Vitr. 1. 2, 2: sumptio cibi, Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 2, 32, 172: in singulas sumptiones, Cato r.r. 145, 2 K. – II) der Vordersatz eines Syllogismus, griech. λημμα, Cic. de div. 2, 108 (Plur.).
