LAT

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(verb) : insĭdĕo, sēdi, sessum, 2, and
* A. [in-sedeo], to sit in or upon any thing; mostly with dat. (class.).
* Neutr.
* Lit.: equo,Liv. 7, 6, 5: curru insidens,Sen. Med. 29: solo,Suet. Aug. 82.
* Act., to sit or be situated upon, stand upon, take place upon, occupy.
* Trop., to be seated, fixed, or stamped in, to adhere to: cum in locis semen insedit,Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: longus morbus, cum penitus insedit,when it has become deeply seated,Cels. 3, 1: insidens capulo manus,i. e. keeping firm hold of the handle,Tac. A. 2, 21: nihil quisquam unquam, me audiente, egit orator, quod non in memoria mea penitus insederit,remained thoroughly fixed in my mind,Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 122: insidebat in ejus mente species eloquentiae,was firmly stamped on his mind,id. Or. 5, 18: voluptas, quae penitus in omni sensu implicata insidet,id. Leg. 1, 17, 47: cum hic fervor concitatioque animi inveteraverit, et tamquam in venis medullisque insederit,has firmly seated itself,id. Tusc. 4, 10, 24.
* Lit.: currum,Varr. L. L. 5, 22: Joppe insidet collem,Plin. 5, 13, 14, § 69.
* Transf., to take possession of a place, to hold, occupy: locum,Liv. 21, 54, 3: juga,Tac. A. 2, 16: militibus arcem,Liv. 26, 44, 2: insidere vias examina infantium solebant,Plin. Pan. 26, 1: Aventinum,Liv. 9, 34, 3; 3, 50, 13; Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch: medium mare,Flor. 4, 8, 2: arcem Capitolii,id. 3, 21, 7: ea loca,inhabit,Tac. A. 12, 62. — Pass.: viaeque omnes hostium praesidiis insidentur,Liv. 25, 13, 2: saltus circa insessus ab hoste,id. 7, 34, 1: per montes praesidiis nostris insessos,Tac. A. 13, 9: insessus iterum Alpibus,id. H. 3, 1: insessum diris avibus Capitolium,occupied as a perch,id. A. 12, 43.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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