insum

See also: in sum

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ sum.

Pronunciation

Verb

īnsum (present infinitive inesse, perfect active īnfuī, future active participle īnfutūrus); irregular conjugation, suppletive, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle, no gerund

  1. to be in, to be on
  2. to belong to, be involved in or with
    • c. 50 BCE – 19 BCE, Albius Tibullus, III 4.47–49:
      etsi perque suos fallax iuravit ocellos
      Iunonemque suam perque suam Venerem,
      nulla fidem inerit
      Even if the deceitful one has sworn both by her eyes
      and her Juno and her Venus
      there will be no faith in [her]

Conjugation

1Old Latin or in poetry.

References

  • insum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • insum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • insum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.