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..."- T
Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tradit, quia recto itinere nequiuerit omnibus ab rege insessis, secutum uallem per quam mediam fertur Aous amnis, ponte..." - T
Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...referebat, ut ad terga collis ab equite suo insessi hostem incautum pertraheret. quo ubi est uentum, coorti..." - T
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Luceriae restiterat, brevi ad spem eventus respondit; nam insessis omnibus viis per quas commeatus ex Samnio subvehebantur, fame..." - P
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..."
