I.to take or catch up, to take upon one.
I. To support, hold up, sustain.
A. Lit.: “quid loquar lapideas moles, quibus porticus suscipimus,” Sen. Ep. 90, 26: “theatrum fulturis ab substructionibus,” Plin. Ep. 10, 38, 2: “latera puteorum structurā,” Pall. Aug. 9, 2: “labentem domum,” Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 5: balnea suscepta crepidine, supported, resting on, etc., Stat. S. 1, 3, 43: “habenas,” Sen. Troad. 728.—
B. Trop.
1. To support, defend: “famam defuncti pudoremque,” Plin. Ep. 2, 4, 2: “qui temere nocentis reos susciperet,” Quint. 11, 1, 74: “cum periculo suscepti litigatoris,” id. 2, 12, 4. —
2. To take upon one, undertake, assume, begin, incur, enter upon (esp. when done voluntarily and as a favor; recipio, when done as a duty or under an obligation).
(α).
Of actions, obligations, etc. (class. and freq.): “aut inimicitias aut laborem aut sumptus suscipere nolunt,” Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28: “inimicitias,” Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 34; Nep. Pelop. 1, 3; cf. Cic. Lael. 21, 77: “personā susceptā viri boni,” id. Clu. 36, 101: “honestam rem actionemve,” id. Lael. 13, 47: “bellum,” id. Leg. 2, 14, 34; id. Rep. 3, 23, 35; id. Off. 1, 11, 35; Caes. B. G. 1, 16; 7, 37 al.: “rei publicae partem,” Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 10; id. Mil. 15, 40: “causam populi,” id. Rep. 4, 8, 27: “patrocinium improbitatis, etc.,” id. ib. 3, 5, 8; id. de Or. 3, 17, 63: “negotium,” id. Cat. 3, 2, 5: “iter Asiaticum,” id. Att. 4, 15, 2: “omnia alter pro altero suscipiet,” id. Lael. 22, 82: “aes alienum amicorum,” id. Off. 2, 16, 56: “cum inaudita ac nefaria sacra susceperis,” id. Vatin. 6, 14: porcam praecidaneam, Varr. ap. Non. 163, 21: “pulvinar,” Liv. 5, 52, 6: “prodigia (with curare),” id. 1, 20: “votum,” Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 75; Liv. 27, 45, 8; Ov. F. 6, 246: “disputationem de re publicā,” Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12; cf. id. Off. 1, 2, 7: “nec enim hoc suscepi, ut, etc., tamquam magister persequerer omnia,” id. Rep. 1, 24, 38: “permagnum quiddam,” id. de Or. 1, 22, 103: “quae si suscipiamus,” undertake to prove, id. Div. 2, 40, 84; so with obj.-clause: “qui suscipiant, posse animum manere corpore vacantem, etc.,” id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78.— Rarely with dat. of reflex. pron.: “legationem ad civitates sibi,” Caes. B. G. 1, 3; cf.: “tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 152: “mihi auctoritatem patriam severitatemque suscipio,” id. Cael. 16, 37.—
(β).
Of feelings, experiences, etc., to undergo, submit to, bear, accept: “morbos durumque dolorem,” Lucr. 3, 460; so, “dolorem,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111: “dolorem gemitumque,” id. Vatin. 8, 19: “invidiam atque offensionem apud populos,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 137: “odium,” id. Att. 6, 1, 25: “molestiam,” id. Caecin. 6, 17.—With in and acc.: “miserius qui suscipit in se scelus quam si qui alterius facinus subire cogitur,” i. e. wilfully incurs guilt, Cic. Phil. 11, 4, 9; cf.: “si esset inventus, qui in se suscipere istius culpam crimenque cuperet,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 91: “negotiatoribus Claudius certa lucra proposuit, suscepto in se damno, si cui, etc.,” Suet. Claud. 18. —
II. To take, catch, take up, receive.
A. In gen. (so only poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “sol aeternam suscepit lampada mundi,” to catch up, Lucr. 5, 402: “dominam ruentem,” Verg. A. 11, 806: “suscipiunt famulae,” id. ib. 4, 391: “cruorem pateris,” id. ib. 6, 249; cf.: “cava suscepto flumine palma sat est,” Prop. 4 (5), 9, 36.(al. succepto): “ignem foliis,” Verg. A. 1, 175. —
B. In partic.
1. To take up a new-born child from the ground; hence, to acknowledge, recognize, bring up as one's own (class.; cf. “tollo): simul atque editi in lucem et suscepti sumus,” Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2: “puerum,” Ter. And. 2, 3, 27: “haec ad te die natali meo scripsi, quo utinam susceptus non essem!” Cic. Att. 11, 9, 3.—
b. In gen., to get, beget, or bear children: “filia, quam ex te suscepi,” Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 34: filiam ex uxore, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 50: “liberos ex libertini filiā,” Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 17; cf. Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 74: “inde filiam,” id. ib. 5, 8 (9), 18: “susceperas liberos non solum tibi, sed etiam patriae,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161: “si qua mihi de te suscepta fuisset Ante fugam suboles,” Verg. A. 4, 327; Vulg. Judic. 11, 2.—
2. To take, receive, as a citizen, under one's protection, as a pupil, etc. (rare but class.): “Cato cum esset Tusculi natus, in populi Romani civitatem susceptus est,” Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 5: suscipe me totum, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1: “suscepi candidatum,” Plin. Ep. 6, 6, 9: “susceptos a se discipulos,” Quint. 2, 5, 1; 11, 1, 55: “pancratiasten docendum,” id. 2, 8, 13: “aliquos erudiendos,” id. 2, 8, 1.—
3. To receive, get: “pecuniam,” Dig. 22, 3, 25: “pretio, quod dominus suscepit,” App. M. 8, p. 213, 20.—
C. Trop.: “suscepit vita hominum consuetudoque communis, ut, etc.,” has allowed, admitted, Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62.—
2. To take up, resume, continue a speech, answer: “suscipit Stolo: Tu, inquit, invides, etc.,” Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 24; cf.: “ad quod ... sermonem suscipit Polus,” Quint. 2, 15, 28; Verg. A. 6, 723; App. M. 4, p. 150, 8; 9, p. 227, 12. —Hence, P. a. as subst.: susceptum , i, n., an undertaking: “susceptaque magna labore Crescere difficili,” Ov. M. 11, 200.
