immergo

immergo ( inm- ), si, sum, 3 ( 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.