praesūmo, mpsi and msi, mptum and mtum, 3, v. a., to take before, take first or beforehand, take to one's self (syn.: praeoccupo).
I Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): neve domi praesume dapes, Ov. A. A. 3, 757: allium, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 50: praesumere cibis frigidam, id. 28, 4, 14, § 55: remedia, Tac. A. 14, 3: heres meus rem illam illum permitte praesumere, et sibi habere, Gai. Epit. Inst. tit. 13: praesumpto tegmine, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 43; 2, 13, 160: praesumptum diadema, assumed before the legal age , Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 166: suam cenam praesumit, takes his own supper first , Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 21.—
II Trop.
A To take in advance : praesumere male audiendi patientiam, to provide one's self with beforehand , Quint. 12, 9, 9: inviti judices audiunt praesumentem partes suas, who takes to himself , who encroaches upon , id. 11, 1, 27; 1, 1, 19: differenda igitur quaedam, et praesumenda, id. 8, 6, 63: illa in pueris natura minimum spei dederit, in quā ingenium judicio praesumitur, in which wit is preceded by judgment , where judgment takes the place of the inventive faculty , id. 2, 4, 7.—
B To perform beforehand , to anticipate : heredum officia praesumere, Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 5: hanc ego vitam voto et cogitatione praesumo, i. e. I imagine or picture to myself beforehand , id. ib. 3, 1, 11: gaudium, quod ego olim pro te non temere praesumo, id. ib. 2, 10, 6.—
C To spend or employ beforehand : sementibus tempora plerique praesumunt, Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 224: Vitellius fortunam principatus inerti luxu ac prodigis epulis praesumebat, enjoyed beforehand , Tac. H. 1, 62.—
D To imagine , represent , or picture to one's self beforehand : arma parate animis, et spe praesumite bellum, Verg. A. 11, 18: futura, Sen. Ep. 107, 3: semper praesumit saeva, perturbatā conscientiā, Vulg. Sap. 17, 10; hence, praesumptum habere, to presuppose , take for granted , Tac. A. 14, 64: utcunque se praesumit innocentem (sc. habendum esse), Ap. Met. 7, 27, 17.—
E To foresee , to infer beforehand , anticipate : fortunam alicujus, Tac. A. 12, 41: eo instantius debita poscentes, quo graviorem militiam praesumebant, Just. 6, 2.—
F To presume , take for granted , suppose , believe , assume : ab hostibus reverso filio, quem pater obiisse falso praesumpserat, Dig. 12, 6, 3: vulgo praesumitur, alium in litem non debere jurare, nisi, etc., ib. 12, 3, 7.—
G To undertake , venture , dare (post-class.): tantum animo praesumere, Auct. Pan. ad Const. 2: illicita, Sulp. Sev. Hist. Sacr. 1, 47: ad Italiam transire, Sex. Ruf. Brev. 7.—
H To trust , be confident (late Lat.): quoniam non derelinquis praesumentes de te, et praesumentes de se ... humilias, Vulg. Judith, 6, 15: de tuā misericordiā, id. ib. 9, 17.
XI —Hence, praesumptus ( praesumtus ), a, um, P. a., taken for granted , assumed , presumed , preconceived (post-Aug.): praesumpta desperatio, Quint. 1 prooem.: opinio, preconceived opinion , prejudice , id. 2, 17: spes, Sil. 7, 582: suspicio, Tac. A. 2, 73.—In neutr. : praesumptum est, it is supposed , imagined , presumed : praesumptum est, quosdam servos bonos esse, Dig. 21, 1, 31: quicumque haec noscent, praesumptum habeant, etc., let them take for granted , understand without special remark , Tac. A. 14, 64.— Comp. : praesumptior, Coripp. Johan. 4, 550.—Hence, adv.: praesumptē , confidently , boldly (post-class.) veritatem dicere, Vop. Car. 4.