(verb) : in-sum, fui, esse
* To be in or upon.
* Lit.: meo patri torulus inerit aureus sub petaso,Plaut. Am. prol. 144: nummi octingenti aurei in marsupio infuerunt,id. Rud. 5, 2, 26: nec digitis anulus ullus inest,Ov. F 4, 658: comae insunt capiti,id. Am. 1, 14, 32: inerant lunaria fronti cornua,id. M. 9, 687.
* Trop., of abstract things, to be contained in, to be in, to belong or appertain to.
* With in: superstitio, in qua inest inanis timor deorum,Cic. N. D. 1, 42: imagines divinitate praeditas inesse in universitate rerum,id. ib. 1, 43: in vita nihil insit, nisi, etc.,id. Fam. 5, 15: vitium aliquod inesse in moribus,id. Off. 1, 37, 13.
* With dat.: quibus artibus prudentia major inest,Cic. Off. 1, 2: cui virile ingenium inest,Sall. C. 20, 11: huic homini non minor veritas inerat,id. ib. 23, 2: tarda solet magnis rebus inesse fides,Ov. H. 17, 130.
* Absol.: inest tamen aliquid, quod, etc.,Cic. Phil. 11, 1: praecipue pedum pernicitas inerat,Liv. 9, 16: inerat contemptor animus,Sall. J. 64, 1: inerat conscientia, derisui fuisse nuper falsum e Germania triumphum,Tac. Agr. 39.

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