partake Copy link Outline I. To be a sharer of1. expr. by partĭceps, cĭpis2. intersum, irr. (to take active part in what is going onII. To take some of, with ref. to food1. sūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (gen. term)2. gusto, 1 (both trans. and intrans.) • partake: I. To be a sharer of: 1. expr. by partĭceps, cĭpis: to p. of spoil and prizes (of war), praedae ac praemiorum p. esse, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: suffer us to p. of your wisdom, fac nos p. sapientiae tuae, Pl. Epid. 2, 2, 83. So by sŏcius: Join: [fortunarum alicujus] socium participemque esse, Cic. Font. 17, 37. (N.B.--Participo in this sense late and rare: v. to share.) 2. intersum, irr. (to take active part in what is going on: with dat.): v. part (II.). That does not p. of, expers, rtis (with gen.; less freq. abl.): the other animals do not p. of reason, cetera (animalia) rationis exp. sunt, Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 22. II. To take some of, with ref. to food: 1. sūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (gen. term): Nep. Att. 21. 2. gusto, 1 (both trans. and intrans.): for two days I had p.n of nothing whatever, not even water, biduum ita jejunus fueram, ut ne aquam gustarem, Cic. Fam. 7, 26: to p. of a (slight) meal in a recumbent posture, cubantem gustare, id. Mur. 35, fin.: Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11 (deinde gustabat, dormiebatque minimum). Fig.: to p. of any pure pleasure, g. partem ullam liquidae voluptatis, Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 58: v. to taste.