insessis
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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. 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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples

Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...atque hosti ueniat paritura marito. paulum et ab insessis maestae Pelopeides aris promouere gradum seriemque et dona triumphi..."Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tradit, quia recto itinere nequiuerit omnibus ab rege insessis, secutum uallem per quam mediam fertur Aous amnis, ponte..."Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...referebat, ut ad terga collis ab equite suo insessi hostem incautum pertraheret. quo ubi est uentum, coorti..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Luceriae restiterat, brevi ad spem eventus respondit; nam insessis omnibus viis per quas commeatus ex Samnio subvehebantur, fame..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...atrociter loquerentur, minorem esse apud victos animum. sed insessis interim Alpibus venturum cum copiis Orientis Mucianum; superesse Vespasiano..."
