merso
āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.
I.
to dip in, immerse (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I.
Lit.: balantumque gregem fluvio mersare salubri, Verg. G. 1, 272: balneo infertur, calida aqua mersatur, Tac. A. 15, 69.—
II.
Trop., to overwhelm: rerum copia mersat, Lucr. 5, 1008: mersor civilibus undis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 16.—
III.
Pass.: mersari, to set, of the stars, Mart. Cap. 8, § 844; cf. merto.