insum

in-sum, fui, esse, v. n., to be in or upon.

I.

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.—

II.

Trop., of abstract things, to be contained in, to be in, to belong or appertain to.

(α).

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.—

(β).

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.—

(γ).

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.