sum (v.) Copy link Outline I. To calculate, q. v.1. subducere2. compŭto, 13. consummo, 1II. To comprise in few words • sum (v.), sum up: I. To calculate, q. v.: 1. subducere: to s. up the total, s. summam, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11: cf. s. rationes, id. (v. infr. II.): calculum alicujus rei subducere, id. Fin. 2, 19, 60. 2. compŭto, 1: v. to calculate, compute. 3. consummo, 1: to s. up by arithmetic the expenses of buildings, c. sumptus aedificiorum per arithmeticen, Vitr. 1, 1, post init.: cf. Sen. Ep. 58, ad fin. Other exprr. less precise are: rationem inire, Caes. B. G. 7, 71: rationem inire et subducere, Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 71: rationem ducere, id. Verr. 2, 52, 129: v. also to reckon, count. Phr.: to s. up all (= in fine), expr. by, ne multa s. multis (sc. dicam), Cic.: Ter.: quid plura? Cic.: denique, id.: uno verbo, id. Phil. 2, 22, 54: prorsus, Sall. C. 15: v. also all, in. II. To comprise in few words: Phr.: summatim breviterque describere, Cic. Or. 15, 50: breviter paucis comprendere multa, Lucr. 6, 1082 (1080): to s. up, I am of opinion that, etc., summa judicii mei spectat huc ut, Cic. Phil. 13, 20, 46: the accounts having been calculated, I have s.'d up my deliberations, rationibus subductis summam feci cogitationum mearum, id. Fam. 1, 9, 10.