immergo — Lewis & Short
immergo (inm-), si, sum, 3 (
I perf. sync. immersti, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 26; acc. to the second conj., inf. pres. pass. immergeri, Col. 5, 9, 3), v. a. in-mergo, to dip, plunge, sink, or stick into any thing, to immerse (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I Lit.:
manus in aquam ferventem,Plin. 28, 6, 15, § 144:
immersus in flumen,Cic. Univ. 13:
in aqua cui subinde (ferrum) candens immergitur,Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 144:
nautas pelago,Ov. M. 4, 423:
partem arboris deflexam terrae,Col. 5, 6, 30:
aliquem spumosā undā,Verg. A. 6, 174:
immergi melle cotoneà,Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 60:
manus,Ov. M. 13, 563:
se in aquam,Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 90:
se alto (belua),Curt. 4, 4.—
Mid.: ubi Hister amnis inmergitur,i. e. pours itself into the sea, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41:
at quidem tute errasti, quom parum inmersti ampliter (sc. manus),did not dip deep enough, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 26.—
B Transf., in gen.: se aliquo, to throw or plunge one's self into any thing, to betake one's self anywhere:
immersit aliquo sese credo in ganeum,Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 3:
se in contionem mediam,id. ib. 3, 1, 3:
inter mucrones se hostium immersit,Just. 33, 2.—
II Trop.:
se blanditiis et assentationibus in alicujus consuetudinem,Cic. Clu. 13, 36:
se studiis,Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 37:
se penitus Pythagorae praeceptis,Val. Max. 4, 1, 1 fin.