take upon oneself Copy link Outline 1. suscĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 32. rĕcĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to guarantee3. sūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (with pron. reflect. in dat.) • take upon oneself: 1. suscĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: to t. upon oneself many heavy tasks, multos labores magnosque s., Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 60: you have t.n upon yourself a heavy burden, suscepisti onus grave, id. Off. 3, 2, 6: I promise that I will t. the duties and functions upon myself, promitto me suscepturum officia et partes, id. Fam. 3, 10, 1: v. assume, undertake. 2. rĕcĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to guarantee: with pron. reflect., after ad or in): I promise and t. upon myself, spondeo in meque recipio, Cic. Fam. 13, 17, ad fin.: I t. upon myself to finish the business speedily, recipio celeriter me negotium confecturum, id. 10, 17, ad init.: I t. it upon myself; he will do it, ad me recipio; faciet, Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 12. 3. sūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (with pron. reflect. in dat.): I have t.n upon myself to write to you, sumpsi mihi ut ad te scriberem, Cic. Fam. 13, 50, init.: to t. upon himself the functions of a commander, s. sibi partes imperatorias, Caes. B.C. 3, 51. Phr.: I have t.n upon myself a burden heavier than I perceive I can bear, plus oneris sustuli quam ferre me posse intelligo, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: will you have t.n upon yourselves the infamy of the foulest baseness? vos sempiternas foedissimae turpitudinis notas subieritis? id. Pis. 18, 41: not to refuse to t. upon oneself the danger of speaking, dicendi periculum non recusare, id. Phil. 1, 6, 14.