insessus
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;
nom. 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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...infestus per quattuor distantia loca praesidiis regiis fuit insessus. unum in primo aditu ad Gonnum erat, alterum Condylo..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae adnectit, ab hostibus insessus. Cerialis turbidis rebus intrepidus et fugientis manu retrahens, intecto..."
