(verb) : sum-mergo (subm-), si, sum, 3
* To dip or plunge under, to sink, overwhelm, submerge, submerse.
* Lit. (class.; most freq. pass.): summersus equus voraginibus,Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73: genera summersarum beluarum,id. N. D. 2, 39, 100: salgama semper jure summersa,Col. 12, 4, 5: navis summersa, * Caes. B. C. 3, 39: ferrum summersum in undā, Ov M. 12, 279: ipsos potuit summergere ponto,Verg. A. 1, 40: quod (saxum) tumidis submersum tunditur olim Fluctibus,id. ib. 5, 125: aliquot procellis summersi paene sumus,Liv. 24, 8, 13: summersas obrue puppes,Verg. A. 1, 69: navem,Tac. A. 14, 5: omnes quondam terrae submersae profundo fuerunt, Just. 2, 1, 17.
* Trop. (post-class. and very rare): virtus summersa tenebris, Claud. lV. Cons. Hon. 221: publicatam summergere lectionem,to suppress,Arn. 3, 104.