insessum
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. 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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...speculanda loca postero die consilium habuit, utrum per insessum ab hoste saltum, quamquam labor ingens periculumque proponeretur, transitum..."Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...exercitum incaute in saltum caua valle peruium circaque insessum ab hoste induxit nec prius quam recipi tuto signa..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...hactenus Vitellius voluerat. Multa eo anno prodigia evenere. insessum diris avibus Capitolium, crebris terrae motibus prorutae domus..."
