in-sŭo, ŭi, ūtum. 3, v. a., 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).