immergo (inm-), si, sum, 3 (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 cotoneā, 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.—
B Transf., in gen.: se aliquo, to throw or plunge one's self into any thing, to betake one's self anywhere: immersit aliquo sese credo in ganeum, Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 3: se in contionem mediam, id. ib. 3, 1, 3: inter mucrones se hostium immersit, Just. 33, 2.—
II Trop.: se blanditiis et assentationibus in alicujus consuetudinem, Cic. Clu. 13, 36: se studiis, Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 37: se penitus Pythagorae praeceptis, Val. Max. 4, 1, 1 fin.