in-sŭo
ŭi, v. a.
I.
to sew in or into, to sew up in.
(a).
With acc.: aliquem in culleum, Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 5: asinum jugulare, totisque vacuefactum praecordiis, per mediam alvum virginem insuere, App. M. 6, p. 187.—Pass.: terga boum plumbo insuto, Verg. A. 5, 405. —
(b).
With dat.: aliquem culleo, Sen. Clem. 1, 23, 1; Suet. Aug. 33: pilos vulneri, Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 99 (al. inseruere): patrio tener (infans) insuitur femori, Ov. M. 3, 312: insutum vestibus aurum, id. A. A. 3, 131. —
(g).
Absol.: si Phryges insuerent, Tert. Hab. Mulier. 1 (but in Liv. 40, 51, 2, the correct reading is imposuerat).