merso
From LSJ
τὸν θάνατον τί φοβεῖσθε, τὸν ἡσυχίης γενετῆρα, τὸν παύοντα νόσους καὶ πενίης ὀδύνας → why fear ye death, the parent of repose, who numbs the sense of penury and pain
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
merso: āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. id.,
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, drowns, destroys, Lucr. 5, 1008: mersor civilibus undis, plunge myself, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 16.—
III Pass.: mersari, to set, of the stars, Mart. Cap. 8, § 844; cf. merto.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mersō,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre, tr., fréq. de mergo, plonger à différentes reprises : Virg. G. 1, 272 ; Tac. Ann. 15, 69
