I.perf. sync. immersti, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 26; acc. to the second conj., inf. pres. pass. immergeri, Col. 5, 9, 3), v. a. in-mergo, to dip, plunge, sink, or stick into any thing, to immerse (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: “manus in aquam ferventem,” Plin. 28, 6, 15, § 144: “immersus in flumen,” Cic. Univ. 13: “in aqua cui subinde (ferrum) candens immergitur,” Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 144: “nautas pelago,” Ov. M. 4, 423: “partem arboris deflexam terrae,” Col. 5, 6, 30: “aliquem spumosā undā,” Verg. A. 6, 174: “immergi melle cotoneà,” Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 60: “manus,” Ov. M. 13, 563: “se in aquam,” Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 90: “se alto (belua),” Curt. 4, 4.— “Mid.: ubi Hister amnis inmergitur,” i. e. pours itself into the sea, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41: “at quidem tute errasti, quom parum inmersti ampliter (sc. manus),” did not dip deep enough, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 26.—