Lewis & Short

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transūmo or trans-sūmo, ĕre, v. a., to take from one to another; to adopt, assume (poet. and post-Aug.): hastam laevā, Stat. Th. 3, 292: mutatos cultus, id. ib. 2, 242.

* transumptĭo, ōnis, f. [transumo], a taking or assuming of one thing for another, transumption, metalepsis, a transl. of μετάληψις, Quint. 8, 6, 37.

* transumptīvus, a, um, adj. [transumptio], transumptive, metaleptic: μετάληψιν, quam nos varie translativam, transumptivam, transpositivam vocamus, Quint. 3, 6, 46.