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ĭn-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a., to burn in, to burn.

  1. I. Lit.: foramen, i. e. to make an uneven hole, such as is made by burning, Col. 4, 29, 16.
    Of encaustic painting: Nicias scripsit se inussisse, Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27: cerae tinguntur isdem his coloribus ad eas picturas quae inuruntur, id. 35, 7, 31, § 49.
    To burn in a mark: notas et nomina gentis, Verg. G. 3, 158; Just. 44, 4, 9: inustis barbarum litterarum notis, Curt. 5, 5, 6.
    1. B. To burn off or away, remove by burning: inustis infantum dexterioribus mammisunde Amazones dictae sunt, Just. 2, 4, 11: ferro candente calcaribus inustis, Col. 8, 2, 3; cf. Plin. 23, 8, 77, § 148.
  2. II. Trop., to brand, to imprint or attach indelibly: ne qua generi ac nomini suo nota nefariae turpitudinis inuratur, Cic. Sull. 31, 88: quas ille leges fuit impositurus nobis atque inusturus? id. Mil. 12, 33: aliquid calamistris, id. Brut. 75, 262: censoriae severitatis nota inuri, id. Clu. 46, 129: signa probitatisdomesticis inusta notis veritatis, id. Planc. 12, 29: acerbissimum alicui dolorem, id. Phil. 11, 15, 38: alicui famam superbiae et crudelitatis, id. Mur. 4, 8: plurima mala rei publicae, id. Phil. 2, 46, 117: alicui ignominiam, id. Prov. Cons. 7, 16: vivet semper in pectoribus illorum, quidquid istuc praesens necessitas inusserit, Liv. 9, 3 fin.: nota turpitudinis inusta vitae alicujus, Cic. Cat. 1, 6 init.; Liv. 3, 58: mihi dolorem, Cic. Mil. 36, 99: ei dolorem, id. Tusc. 3, 9, 19; cf.: hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus, id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113.
    Hence, ĭnustus, a, um, P. a., burned; subst.: inusta, ōrum, n., burned parts, burns, Plin. 22, 14, 16, § 37.