I.to sew in or into, to sew up in.
(α).
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,” i. e. the cestus, Verg. A. 5, 405. —
(β).
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,” embroidered, id. A. A. 3, 131. —
(γ).
Absol.: “si Phryges insuerent,” Tert. Hab. Mulier. 1 (but in Liv. 40, 51, 2, the correct reading is imposuerat).