insessae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →insideo, insidere, insidi, insessus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sit (at/on); sit (on) a horse; be seated; (things) rest/lie upon; lie heavy;; be situated in/on; inhabit (area); lie in ambush (in); be troublesome (to);; be fixed/stamped in; adhere to; grip; take possession of; hold/occupy;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →insido, insidere, insedi, insessus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sit/settle on; occupy/seize, hold (position); penetrate, sink in; merge into;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Tichiunta—haec nomina cacuminibus sunt—occupauere. Consul postquam insessa superiora loca ab Aetolis uidit, M. Porcium Catonem..."Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pulsos Romanos opponebat: et illic tamen, ubi insessas fauces Epiri non tenuissent, primam culpam fuisse eorum qui neglegenter..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...ignota, primum socordia Vitellii, dein Pannonicae Alpes praesidiis insessae nuntios retinebant. mare quoque etesiarum flatu in Orientem navigantibus..."Liber VIII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...immissa terris nova flumina, novos pontes fluminibus iniectos, insessa castris montium abrupta, pulsum regia pulsum etiam vita regem..."
