insum

See also: in sum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt

Proto-Italic *ezom~*som

Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom)

Old Latin esum

Latin sum

Latin īnsum

From in- + sum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈĩː.sũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈin.sum]

Verb

īnsum (present infinitive inesse, perfect active īnfuī, future active participle īnfutūrus); irregular conjugation, suppletive, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle, no gerund

1. to be in, to be on
2. to belong to, be involved in or with
   • c. 50 BCE – 19 BCE, Albius Tibullus, III 4.47–49:

     etsi perque suos fallax iuravit ocellos
     Iunonemque suam perque suam Venerem,
     nulla fidem inerit

     Even if the deceitful one has sworn both by her eyes
     and her Juno and her Venus
     there will be no faith in [her]

Conjugation

   Conjugation of īnsum (irregular conjugation, suppletive, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle, no gerund)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnsum		ines		inest		īnsumus		inestis		īnsunt
	imperfect	ineram		inerās		inerat		inerāmus		inerātis		inerant
	future	inerō		ineris, inere		inerit		inerimus		ineritis		inerunt
	perfect	īnfuī		īnfuistī		īnfuit		īnfuimus		īnfuistis		īnfuērunt, īnfuēre
	pluperfect	īnfueram		īnfuerās		īnfuerat		īnfuerāmus		īnfuerātis		īnfuerant
	future perfect	īnfuerō		īnfueris		īnfuerit		īnfuerimus		īnfueritis		īnfuerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnsim, īnsiem, īnfuam1		īnsīs, īnsiēs, īnfuās1		īnsit, īnsiet, īnfuat1		īnsīmus, īnsiēmus, īnfuāmus1		īnsītis, īnsiētis, īnfuātis1		īnsint, īnsient, īnfuant1
	imperfect	inessem, īnforem		inessēs, īnforēs		inesset, īnforet		inessēmus, īnforēmus		inessētis, īnforētis		inessent, īnforent
	perfect	īnfuerim		īnfuerīs		īnfuerit		īnfuerīmus		īnfuerītis		īnfuerint
	pluperfect	īnfuissem		īnfuissēs		īnfuisset		īnfuissēmus		īnfuissētis		īnfuissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ines		—		—		ineste		—
	future	—		inestō		inestō		—		inestōte		īnsuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		inesse			—			—			—
future		īnfutūrum esse, īnfore			—			īnfutūrus			—
perfect		īnfuisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		īnfutūrum fuisse			—			—			—

¹Old Latin or in poetry.

References

• “insum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “insum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “insum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.