undertake Copy link Outline I. In gen. sense1. suscĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 32. sūmo, sumpsi, sumptum, 33. aggrĕdior, gressus, 3, dep.4. rĕcipio, 3 (make a bargain to do a thing)5. incĭpio, 3 (to begin)6. căpio, cēpi, capere, 37. mōlior, ītus, 4 (to plan)8. ineo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum (enter upon), 49. cōnor, 1 (to attempt)10. coepi, def. (to begin)II. To u. a work for pay1. recĭpio, 32. condūco, duxi, ductum, 33. rĕdĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3III. To u. a legal case1. causam ăgo2. c. dēfendo • undertake: I. In gen. sense: 1. suscĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: to u. a business, negotium s., Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 5: u. the cause of the senate, suscipe causam senatus, id. Verr. 1, 17, 51. 2. sūmo, sumpsi, sumptum, 3: sometimes with dat. of person: I u. the study of philosophy, mihi ipse s. studium philosophiae, id. Acad. 1, 2, 7: who u.s to write the deeds of Augustus? quis res gestas Augusti scribere sumit? Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 7: the war which the people ordered to be u.n with Antiochus, duellum quod cum Antiocho populus sumi jussit, Liv. 36, 2. 3. aggrĕdior, gressus, 3, dep.: let us u. some great thing, magnum quid aggrediamur, Cic. Att. 2, 14: with prep. ad: when I u.took the case, quum ad causam sum aggressus, id. de Or. 2, 72, 291. 4. rĕcipio, 3 (make a bargain to do a thing): the man who had u.n to do it, illum, qui sese facturum recepisset, id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114: which thing induced me to u. the case, quae res me impulit, ut ... causam reciperem, ib. 1, 2: see below. 5. incĭpio, 3 (to begin): they u.took it with this hope, hac illi spe hoc inceperunt, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 20: to think that Aeschinus should u. such a thing! hoccine incipere Aeschinum! ib. 30. 6. căpio, cēpi, capere, 3: to form or u. a plan, consilium capio, Cic. Fam. 14, 12: in old legal phraseol., to u. an office, magistratum capio, id. Leg. 3, 3, 8: v. to take. 7. mōlior, ītus, 4 (to plan): you have nothing here to u., hic, quod moliare, nihil habes, Cic. Verr. 1, 51, 133. 8. ineo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum (enter upon), 4: to u. a plan, rationem ineo, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 30: consilium ineo, Ov. Fast. 3, 380: I will u. your duties, tua munera inibo, Virg. Aen. 5, 846. 9. cōnor, 1 (to attempt): to think before u.ing, prius cogitare quam conari, Nep. Dat. 7. 10. coepi, def. (to begin): let me first relate what I u.took, hoc, quod coepi, primum enarrem, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 32. II. To u. a work for pay: 1. recĭpio, 3: see also above, I., 4. 2. condūco, duxi, ductum, 3: the contractor who had u.taken to make the column ..., qui columnam ... conduxerat faciendam, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47. 3. rĕdĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3: he u. took the quarrels of the society, not his own, societatis, non suas lites redemit, id. Rosc. Com. 12, 35. III. To u. a legal case: 1. causam ăgo: Liv. 37, 54. 2. c. dēfendo: Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 198: v. to dare, attempt.