mergō mersī, mersus, ere
MERG-,
to dip, dip in, immerse, plunge, sink, bury
: se in mari: putealibus undis, O.:
mersa navis, Cu.: te sub
aequore, V.: Ter matutino Tiberi
mergetur,
bathe
, Iu. —
To engulf, swallow up, overwhelm
: te mersurae aquae, O.: mersā rate, Iu.—
To plunge, thrust, drive, bury
: mersisque in corpore rostris, O.—
To cover, bury, hide
: suos in cortice voltūs,
O.—Fig.,
to plunge, sink, overwhelm, cover, bury, immerse, ruin
: quae forma viros fortunave mersit, V.:
quem funere mersit acerbo,
brought to a painful death
, V.: se in voluptates, L.:
Quosdam mergit longa honorum Pagina,
drags down
, Iu.: mersus secundis rebus,
overwhelmed with prosperity
, L.: vino somnoque mersi,
buried in drunken sleep
, L.: rebus mersis in ventrem,
swallowed up
, Iu.: mergentibus sortem usuris,
sinking his capital
, L.: mersis fer opem rebus,
to utter distress
, O.
