verb frequentative transitive

merso

2nd PP mersāre · 3rd PP mersāvi · 4th PP mersātum · conj. 1st

to dip in, immerse poetic

to dip in, immerse (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

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Lit.: balantumque gregem fluvio mersare salubri, Verg. G. 1, 272: balneo infertur, calida aqua mersatur, Tac. A. 15, 69.—

to overwhelm figuratively •

Trop., to overwhelm: rerum copia mersat, drowns, destroys, Lucr. 5, 1008: mersor civilibus undis, plunge myself, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 16.—

to set

Pass.: mersari, to set, of the stars, Mart. Cap. 8, § 844; cf. merto.

Perseus ID: n28831 Key: merso