in

in (old forms endŏ and indŭ, freq. in ante-class. poets; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; Lucil. ap. Lact. 5, 9, 20; Lucr. 2, 1096; 5, 102; 6, 890 et saep.), prep. with abl. and acc. [kindr. with Sanscr. an; Greek ἐν, ἐν-θα, ἐν-θεν, εἰς, i. e. ἐν-ς, ἀνά; Goth. ana; Germ. in], denotes either rest or motion within or into a place or thing; opp. to ex; in, within, on, upon, among, at; into, to, towards.

I With abl.

A In space.

1 Lit., in (with abl. of the place or thing in which): aliorum fructus in terra est, aliorum et extra, Plin. 19, 4, 22, § 61: alii in corde, alii in cerebro dixerunt animi esse sedem et locum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19: eo in rostris sedente suasit Serviliam legem Crassus, id. Brut. 43, 161: qui sunt cives in eadem re publica, id. Rep. 1, 32 fin. : facillimam in ea re publica esse concordiam, in qua idem conducat omnibus, id. ib.: T. Labienus ex loco superiore, quae res in nostris castris gererentur, conspicatus, Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 4: quod si in scaena, id est in contione verum valet, etc., Cic. Lael. 26, 97: in foro palam Syracusis, id. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81: plures in eo loco sine vulnere quam in proelio aut fuga intereunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 35: tulit de caede, quae in Appia via facta esset, Cic. Mil. 6, 15: in via fornicata, Liv. 22, 36: vigebat in illa domo mos patrius et disciplina, Cic. de Sen. 11, 37: in domo furtum factum ab eo qui domi fuit, Quint. 5, 10, 16: nupta in domo, Liv. 6, 34, 9: copias in castris continent, in , within , Caes. B. C. 1, 66: cum in angusto quodam pulpito stans diceret, Quint. 11, 3, 130: se ac suos in vehiculo conspici, Liv. 5, 40, 10: malo in illa tua sedecula sedere, quam in istorum sella curuli, Cic. Att. 4, 10: sedere in solio, id. Fin. 2, 21, 66: Albae constiterant, in urbe opportuna, id. Phil. 4, 2, 6. — Sometimes, also, with names of places: omnes se ultro sectari in Epheso memorat mulieres, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 182: heri aliquot adolescentuli coïimus in Piraeo, Ter. Eun. 539: navis et in Cajeta est parata nobis et Brundisii, Cic. Att. 8, 3, 6: complures (naves) in Hispali faciendas curavit, Caes. B. C. 2, 18: caesos in Marathone ac Salamine, Quint. 12, 10, 24: in Berenice urbe Troglodytarum, Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 183.—

2 In indicating a multitude or number, of, in, or among which a person or thing is, in , among (= gen. part. ): in his poëta hic nomen profitetur suum, Ter. Eun. 3: Thales, qui sapientissimus in septem fuit, Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 26: peto ut eum complectare, diligas, in tuis habeas, id. Fam. 13, 78, 2; cf.: in perditis et desperatis, id. ib. 13, 56, 1: omnia quae secundum naturam fiunt, sunt habenda in bonis, id. de Sen. 19, 71: dolor in maximis malis ducitur, id. Leg. 1, 11, 31: justissimus unus in Teucris, Verg. A. 2, 426: cecidere in pugna ad duo milia ... in his quatuor Romani centuriones, Liv. 27, 12, 16: in diis et feminae sunt, Lact. 1, 16, 17.—

3 Of analogous relations of place or position: sedere in equo, on horseback , Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, 27: quid legati in equis, id. Pis. 25, 60: sedere in leone, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109: in eo flumine pons erat, on , over , Caes. B. G. 2, 5: in herboso Apidano, on the banks of , Prop. 1, 3, 6: in digitis, on tiptoe , Val. Fl. 4, 267: castra in limite locat, on the rampart , Tac. A. 1, 50: ipse coronam habebat unam in capite, alteram in collo, on , Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27: oleae in arbore, Cels. 2, 24: Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius, among , Caes. B. C. 1, 61: in ceteris nationibus, Cels. praef. 1: qui in Brutiis praeerat, Liv. 25, 16, 7: in juvenibus, Quint. 11, 1, 32: nutus in mutis pro sermone est, id. 11, 3, 66.—Of dress, like cum , q. v.: in veste candida, Liv. 45, 20, 5; 34, 7, 3: in calceis, id. 24, 38, 2: in insignibus, id. 5, 41, 2: in tunicis albis, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13: in Persico et vulgari habitu, Curt. 3, 3, 4: in lugubri veste, id. 10, 5, 17: in Tyriis, Ov. A. A. 2, 297: in Cois, id. ib. v. 298; cf.: homines in catenis Romam mittere, Liv. 29, 21, 12; 32, 1, 8: quis multa te in rosa urget, etc., Hor. C. 1, 5, 1; so, in viola aut in rosa, Cic. Tusc. 5, 26, 73.—So of arms: duas legiones in armis, Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 6; cf. Verg. A. 3, 395: in armis hostis, under arms , Ov. M. 12,65: quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt (= coram), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81; so, in oculis provinciae, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2: in oculis omnium, id. ib. 1, 3, 7: divitiae, decus, gloria in oculis sita sunt, Sall. C. 20, 14; Curt. 4, 13, 1; Liv. 22, 12, 6: Julianus in ore ejus (Vitellii) jugulatur, Tac. H. 3, 77; Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 7.—Of a passage in any writing (but when the author is named, by meton., for his works, apud is used, Krebs, Antibarb. p. 561): in populorum institutis aut legibus, Cic. Leg. 1, 15, 42: in illis libris qui sunt de natura deorum, id. Fat. 1, 1: in Timaeo dicit, id. N. D. 1, 12, 30: epistula, in qua omnia perscripta erant, Nep. Pelop. 3, 2: perscribit in litteris, hostes ab se discessisse, Caes. B. G. 5, 49; but in is also used with an author's name when, not a place in his book, but a feature of his style, etc., is referred to: in Thucydide orbem modo orationis desidero, Cic. Or. 71, 234: in Herodoto omnia leniter fluunt, Quint. 9, 4, 18.—Of books: libri oratorii diu in manibus fuerunt, Cic. Att. 4, 13, 2; id. Lael. 25, 96; but more freq. trop.: in manibus habere, tenere, etc., to be engaged , occupied with , to have under control or within reach : philosophi quamcunque rem habent in manibus, id. Tusc. 5, 7, 18: quam spem nunc habeat in manibus, exponam, id. Verr. 1, 6, 16: rem habere in manibus, id. Att. 6, 3, 1; cf.: neque mihi in manu fuit Jugurtha qualis foret, in my power , Sall. J. 14, 4: postquam nihil esse in manu sua respondebatur, Liv. 32, 24, 2: quod ipsorum in manu sit, ... bellum an pacem malint, Tac. A. 2, 46; but, cum tantum belli in manibus esset, was in hand , busied (cf.: inter manus), Liv. 4, 57, 1; so, quorum epistulas in manu teneo, Cic. Phil. 12, 4, 9; cf. id. Att. 2, 2, 2: in manu poculum tenens, id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71: coronati et lauream in manu tenentes, Liv. 40, 37, 3; Suet. Claud. 15 fin. —Of that which is thought of as existing in the mind, memory, character, etc.: in animo esse, Cic. Fam. 14, 11: in animo habere, id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52: lex est ratio insita in natura, id. Leg. 1, 6, 18: in memoria sedere, id. de Or. 2, 28, 122; cf.: tacito mutos volvunt in pectore questus, Luc. 1, 247: quanta auctoritas fuit in C. Metello! Cic. de Sen. 17, 61. —So freq. of a person's qualities of mind or character: erat in eo summa eloquentia, summa fides, Cic. Mur. 28, 58; cf.: in omni animante est summum aliquid atque optimum, ut in equis, id. Fin. 4, 41, 37: si quid artis in medicis est, Curt. 3, 5, 13; cf.: nihil esse in morte timendum, Lucr. 3, 866.— Esp., in eo loco, in that state or condition : in eo enim loco res sunt nostrae, ut, etc., Liv. 7, 35, 7: si vos in eo loco essetis, quid aliud fecissetis? Cat. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 21; so, quo in loco, etc.: cum ex equitum et calonum fuga, quo in loco res essent, cognovissent, Caes. B. G. 2, 26: videtis, quo in loco res haec siet, Ter. Phorm. 446: quod ipse, si in eodem loco esset, facturus fuerit, Liv. 37, 14, 5.—Hence, without loco, in eo esse ut, etc., to be in such a condition , etc.: non in eo esse Carthaginiensium res, ut Galliam armis obtineant, Liv. 30, 19, 3: cum res non in eo esset, ut Cyprum tentaret, id. 33, 41, 9; 8, 27, 3; 2, 17, 5; Nep. Mil. 7, 3; id. Paus. 5, 1 (cf. I. C. 1. infra).—

B In time, indicating its duration, in , during , in the course of : feci ego istaec itidem in adulescentia, in my youth , when I was young , Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 6: in tempore hoc, Ter. And. 819: in hoc tempore, Tac. A. 13, 47: in tali tempore, Sall. C. 48, 5; Liv. 22, 35; 24, 28 al.: in diebus paucis, Ter. And. 104: in brevi spatio, id. Heaut. 955; Suet. Vesp. 4: in qua aetate, Cic. Brut. 43 fin. : in ea aetate, Liv. 1, 57: in omni aetate, Cic. de Sen. 3, 9: in aetate, qua jam Alexander orbem terrarum subegisset, Suet. Caes. 7: qua (sc. Iphigenia) nihil erat in eo quidem anno natum pulchrius, in the course of , during the year , Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95 (al. eo quidem anno): nihil in vita se simile fecisse, id. Verr. 2, 3, 91: nihil in vita vidit calamitatis A. Cluentius. id. Clu. 6, 18: in tota vita inconstans, id. Tusc. 4, 13, 29.—

b In tempore, at the right or proper time , in time (Cic. uses only tempore; v. tempus): eccum ipsum video in tempore huc se recipere, Ter. Phorm. 464: ni pedites equitesque in tempore subvenissent, Liv. 33, 5: spreta in tempore gloria interdum cumulatior redit, id. 2, 47: rebellaturi, Tac. A. 12, 50: atque adeo in ipso tempore eccum ipsum obviam, Ter. And. 532: in tempore, opportune. Nos sine praepositione dicimus tempore et tempori , Don. ad Ter. And. 758.—

c In praesentia and in praesenti, at present , now , at this moment , under these circumstances : sic enim mihi in praesentia occurrit, Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 14: vestrae quidem cenae non solum in praesentia, sed etiam postero die jucundae sunt, id. ib. 5, 35, 100: id quod unum maxime in praesentia desiderabatur, Liv. 21, 37: haec ad te in praesenti scripsi, ut, etc., for the present , Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 4.—

d With gerunds and fut. pass. participles , to indicate duration of time, in : fit, ut distrahatur in deliberando animus, Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9; id. Fam. 2, 6, 2: vitiosum esse in dividendo partem in genere numerare, id. Fin. 2, 9, 26: quod in litteris dandis praeter consuetudinem proxima nocte vigilarat, id. Cat. 3, 3, 6: ne in quaerendis suis pugnandi tempus dimitteret, Caes. B. G. 2, 21: in agris vastandis incendiisque faciendis hostibus, in laying waste , id. ib. 5, 19: in excidenda Numantia, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76: cum in immolanda Iphigenia tristis Calchas esset, id. Or. 21, 74.—

C In other relations, where a person or thing is thought of as in a certain condition, situation, or relation, in : qui magno in aere alieno majores etiam possessiones habent, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18: se in insperatis repentinisque pecuniis jactare, id. Cat. 2, 9, 20: Larinum in summo timore omnium cum armatis advolavit, id. Clu. 8, 25.— So freq., of qualities or states of mind: summa in sollicitudine ac timore Parthici belli, Caes. B. C. 3, 31: torpescentne dextrae in amentia illa? Liv. 23, 9, 7: hunc diem perpetuum in laetitia degere, Ter. Ad. 521; Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2: in metu, Tac. A. 14, 43: in voluptate, Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 62: alicui in amore esse, beloved , id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 3: alicui in amoribus esse, id. Att. 6, 1, 12: res in invidia erat, Sall. J. 25, 5; Liv. 29, 37, 17: sum in expectatione omnium rerum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 10: num . . . Diogenem Stoicum coëgit in suis studiis obmutescere senectus? in his studies , Cic. de Sen. 7, 21: mirificam cepi voluptatem ex tua diligentia: quod in summis tuis occupationibus mihi tamen rei publicae statum per te notum esse voluisti, even in , notwithstanding your great occupations , id. Fam. 3, 11, 4.— So freq., of business, employment, occupations, etc.: in aliqua re versari, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 105: similia iis, quae in consilio dixerat, Curt. 5, 5, 23: in certamine armorum atque in omni palaestra quid satis recte cavetur, Quint. 9, 4, 8: agi in judiciis, id. 11, 1, 78: tum vos mihi essetis in consilio, Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28: in actione ... dicere, Quint. 8, 2, 2.—Of an office, magistracy: in quo tum magistratu forte Brutus erat, Liv. 1, 59, 7; 4, 17, 1: in eo magistratu pari diligentia se praebuit, Nep. Han. 7, 5 (cf. B. 1. supra): in ea ipsa causa fuit eloquentissimus, Cic. Brut, 43, 160: qui non defendit nec obsistit, si potest, injuriae, tam est in vitio, quam, etc., is in the wrong , acts wrongly , id. Off. 1, 7, 23: etsi hoc quidem est in vitio, dissolutionem naturae tam valde perhorrescere, is wrong , id. Fin. 5, 11, 31: non sunt in eo genere tantae commoditates corporis, id. ib. 4, 12, 29; cf.: an omnino nulla sit in eo genere distinctio, id. Or. 61, 205: Drusus erat de praevaricatione absolutus in summa quatuor sententiis, on the whole , Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16; cf.: et in omni summa, ut mones, valde me ad otium pacemque converto, id. ib. 3, 5, 5; but, in summa, sic maxime judex credit, etc., in a word , in fine , Quint. 9, 2, 72; Auct. B. Alex. 71; Just. 37, 1, 8: horum (juvenum) inductio in parte simulacrum decurrentis exercitus erat: ex parte elegantioris exercitii quam militaris artis, in part , Liv. 44, 9, 5; cf.: quod mihi in parte verum videtur, Quint. 2, 8, 6: patronorum in parte expeditior, in parte difficilior interrogatio est, id. 5, 7, 22: hoc facere in eo homine consueverunt, in the case of , Caes. B. G. 7, 21: in furibus aerarii, Sall. C. 52, 12: Achilles talis in hoste fuit, Verg. A. 2, 540: in hoc homine saepe a me quaeris, etc., in the case of , Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6: in nominibus impiis, Sall. C. 51, 15: suspectus et in morte matris fuit, Suet. Vit. 14: qui praesentes metuunt, in absentia hostes erunt, = absentes, Curt. 6, 3, 8 (cf. I. B. c. supra).—Of the meaning of words, etc.: non solum in eodem sensu, sed etiam in diverso, eadem verba contra, Quint. 9, 3, 36: aliter voces aut eaedem in diversa significatione ponuntur, id. 9, 3, 69: Sallustius in significatione ista non superesse sed superare dicit, Gell. 1, 22, 15: stips non dicitur in significatione trunci, Charis. 1, 18, 39: semper in significatione ea hortus, Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 50. —

2 In with abl. of adjj. is used with the verbs esse and habere to express quality: cum exitus haud in facili essent, i. e. haud faciles, Liv. 3, 8, 9: adeo moderatio tuendae libertatis in difficili est, id. 3, 8, 11; 3, 65, 11; but mostly with adjj. of the first and second declension: in obscuro esse, Liv. praef. § 3: in dubio esse, id. 2, 3, 1; 3, 19, 8; Ov. H. 19, 174: dum in dubiost animus, Ter. And. 266; 347: in integro esse, Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 3; id. Att. 11, 15, 4: in incerto esse, Liv. 5, 28, 5: in obvio esse, id. 37, 23, 1: in tuto esse, id. 38, 4, 10; cf.: videre te in tuto, Cat. 30, 6: in aequo esse, Liv. 39, 37, 14; Tac. A. 2, 44: in expedito esse, Curt. 4, 2, 22: in proximo esse, Quint. 1, 3, 4: in aperto esse, Sall. C. 5, 3: in promisco esse, Liv. 7, 17, 7: in augusto esse, Cels. 5, 27, 2: in incerto haberi, Sall. J. 46, 8; Tac. A. 15, 17: in levi habitum, id. H. 2, 21; cf.: in incerto relinquere, Liv. 5, 28, 5; Tac. H. 2, 83.

II With acc.

A In space, with verbs of motion, into or to a place or thing (rarely with names of towns and small islands; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 398): influxit non tenuis quidam e Graecia rivulus in hanc urbem, Cic. Rep. 2, 19: in Ephesum advenit, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 35: in Epirum venire, Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3: ibo in Piraeeum, visamque, ecquae advenerit in portum ex Epheso navis mercatoria, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 2: venio ad Piraeea, in quo magis reprehendendus sum, quod ... Piraeea scripserim, non Piraeeum, quam in quod addiderim; non enim hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10: se contulisse Tarquinios, in urbem Etruriae florentissimam, id. Rep. 2, 19: remigrare in domum veterem e nova, id. Ac. 1, 4, 13: cum in sua rura venerunt, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102: a te ipso missi in ultimas gentes, id. Fam. 15, 9: in Ubios legatos mittere, Caes. B. G. 4, 11: dein Thalam pervenit, in oppidum magnum et opulentum, Sall. J. 75, 1: Regillum antiquam in patriam se contulerat, Liv. 3, 58, 1: abire in exercitum, Plaut. Am. prol. 102.— With nuntio : cum id Zmyrnam in contionem nuntiatum est, Tac. A. 4, 56: nuntiatur in castra, Lact. Most. Pers. 46; cf.: allatis in castra nuntiis, Tac. H. 4, 32: in manus sumere, tradere, etc., into one's hands : iste unumquodque vas in manus sumere, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 63: Falerios se in manus Romanis tradidisse, Liv. 5, 27, 3.—Rarely with the verbs ponere, collocare, etc. (pregn., i. e. to bring into ... and place there ): in crimen populo ponere, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 10: ut liberos, uxores suaque omnia in silvas deponerent, Caes. B. G. 4, 19: duplam pecuniam in thesauros reponi, Liv. 29, 19, 7: prius me collocavi in arborem, Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 6: sororem et propinquas suas nuptum in alias civitates collocasse, Caes. B. G. 1, 18.— Motion in any direction, up to , to , into , down to : in caelum ascendere, Cic. Lael. 23 fin. : filium ipse paene in umeros suos extulisset, id. de Or. 1, 53, 228: tamquam in aram confugitis ad deum, up to the altar , id. Tusc. 3, 10, 25: Saturno tenebrosa in Tartara misso, Ov. M. 1, 113: in flumen deicere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; Nep. Chab. 4, 3.—

2 Denoting mere direction towards a place or thing, and hence sometimes joined with versus, towards : quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78: si in latus aut dextrum aut sinistrum, ut ipsi in usu est, cubat, Cels. 2, 3: Belgae spectant in septentriones et orientem solem, Caes. B. G. 1, 1: in orientem Germaniae, in occidentem Hispaniae obtenditur, Gallis in meridiem etiam inspicitur, Tac. Agr. 10: in laevum prona nixus sedet Inachus urna, Stat. Th. 2, 218.—With versus : castra ex Biturigibus movet in Arvernos versus, towards , Caes. B. G. 7, 8 fin. : in Galliam versus movere, Sall. C. 56, 4: in ltaliam versus, Front. Strat. 1, 4, 11: si in urbem versus venturi erant, Plin. Ep. 10, 82. —

3 So of that which is thought of as entering into the mind, memory, etc. (cf. I. A. 2. fin. ): in memoriam reducere, Cic. Inv. 1, 52, 98: in animum inducere, Liv. 27, 9: in mentem venire, Cic. Fam. 7, 3: frequens imitatio transit in mores, Quint. 1, 11, 3. — Or into a writing or speech: in illam Metellinam orationem addidi quaedam, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 5.—

B In time, into , till , for : dormiet in lucem, into the daylight , till broad day , Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 34: statim e somno, quem plerumque in diem extrahunt, lavantur, Tac. G. 22: sermonem in multam noctem produximus, deep into the night , Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess. p. 239 Lindem.: in multam noctem luxit, Suet. Tib. 74: si febris in noctem augetur, Cels. 7, 27: dixit in noctem atque etiam nocte illatis lucernis, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 14: indutias in triginta annos impetraverunt, for thirty years , Liv. 9, 37, 12; 7, 20, 8: nisi id verbum in omne tempus perdidissem, forever , Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1: ad cenam hominem in hortos invitavit in posterum diem, for the following day , id. Off. 3, 14, 58: audistis auctionem constitutam in mensem Januarium, id. Agr. 1, 2, 4: subito reliquit annum suum seque in annum proximum transtulit, id. Mil. 9, 24: solis defectiones itemque lunae praedicuntur in multos annos, for many years , id. Div. 2, 6, 17: postero die Romani ab sole orto in multum diei stetere in acie, Liv. 27, 2: qui ab matutino tempore duraverunt in occasum, Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99: seritur (semen lini) a Kalendis Octobribus in ortum aquilae, Col. 2, 10, 17.—With usque : neque illi didicerunt haec usque in senectutem, Quint. 12, 11, 20: in illum usque diem servati, id. 8, 3, 68: in serum usque patente cubiculo, Suet. Oth. 11: regnum trahat usque in tempora fati, Sil. 11, 392: in posterum (posteritatem) or in futurum, in future , for the future : in praesens, for the present : in perpetuum or in aeternum, forever : sancit in posterum, ne quis, etc., Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10: res dilata est in posterum, id. Fam. 10, 12, 3: video quanta tempestas invidiae nobis, si minus in praesens, at in posteritatem impendeat, id. Cat. 1, 9, 22: id aegre et in praesentia hi passi et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt, Liv. 34, 27, 10; cf.: ingenti omnium et in praesens laetitia et in futurum spe, id. 30, 17, 1: effugis in futurum, Tac. H. 1, 71: quod eum tibi quaestoris in loco constitueras, idcirco tibi amicum in perpetuum fore putasti? Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30; cf.: oppidum omni periculo in perpetuum liberavit, id. Fam. 13, 4, 2: quae (leges) non in tempus aliquod, sed perpetuae utilitatis causa in aeternum latae sunt, Liv. 34, 6, 4: in tempus, for a while , for a short time , for the occasion (postAug.): sensit miles in tempus conficta, Tac. A. 1, 37: ne urbs sine imperio esset, in tempus deligebatur, qui jus redderet, id. ib. 6, 11: scaena in tempus structa, id. ib. 14, 20. —So in diem, for the day , to meet the day's want: nihil ex raptis in diem commeatibus superabat, Liv. 22, 40, 8: rapto in diem frumento, id. 4, 10, 1; but, cum illa fundum emisset in diem, i. e. a fixed day of payment , Nep. Att. 9, 5: in singulos dies, or simply in dies, with comparatives and verbs denoting increase, from day to day , daily : vitium in dies crescit, Vell. 2, 5, 2: in dies singulos breviores litteras ad te mitto, Cic. Att. 5, 7: qui senescat in dies, Liv. 22, 39, 15: in diem, daily : nos in diem vivimus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33: in diem et horam, Hor. S. 2, 6, 47; and in horas, hourly , id. C. 2, 13, 14; id. S. 2, 7, 10.—

C In other relations, in which an aiming at, an inclining or striving towards a thing, is conceivable, on , about , respecting; towards , against; for , as; in , to; into : id, quod apud Platonem est in philosophos dictum, about the philosophers , Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28: Callimachi epigramma in Ambraciotam Cleombrotum est, id. Tusc. 1, 34, 84; cf.: cum cenaret Simonides apud Scopam cecinissetque id car men, quod in eum scripsisset, etc., id. de Or. 2, 86, 352: quo amore tandem inflammati esse debemus in ejus modi patriam, towards , id. ib. 1, 44, 196: in liberos nostros indulgentia, id. ib. 2, 40, 168: de suis meritis in rem publicam aggressus est dicere, id. Or. 38, 133: ita ad impietatem in deos, in homines adjunxit injuriam, against , id. N. D. 3, 34 fin. : in dominum quaeri, to be examined as a witness against , id. Mil. 22, 60: in eos impetum facere, id. Att. 2, 22, 1: invehi in Thebanos, Nep. Epam. 6, 1; id. Tim. 5, 3: quaecumque est hominis definitio, una in omnes valet, Cic. Leg. 1, 10, 29: num etiam in deos immortales inauspicatam legem valuisse? Liv. 7, 6, 11: vereor coram in os te laudare amplius, to your face , Ter. Ad. 269: si in me exerciturus (pugnos), quaeso, in parietem ut primum domes, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 168: in puppim rediere rates, Luc. 3, 545 Burm. (cf.: sic equi dicuntur in frena redire, pulsi in terga recedere, Sulp. ad loc.): Cumis eam vidi: venerat enim in funus: cui funeri ego quoque operam dedi, to the funeral , to take charge of the funeral , Cic. Att. 15, 1, B: se quisque eum optabat, quem fortuna in id certamen legeret, Liv. 21, 42, 2: quodsi in nullius mercedem negotia eant, pauciora fore, Tac. A. 11, 6: haec civitas mulieri redimiculum praebeat, haec in collum, haec in crines, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33: Rhegium quondam in praesidium missa legio, Liv. 28, 28; so, datae in praesidium cohortes, Tac. H. 4, 35: hoc idem significat Graecus ille in eam sententiam versus, to this effect or purport , Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25; cf. id. Fam. 9, 15, 4: haec et in eam sententiam cum multa dixisset, id. Att. 2, 22: qui omnia sic exaequaverunt, ut in utramque partem ita paria redderent, uti nulla selectione uterentur, id. Fin. 3, 4, 12: in utramque partem disputat, on both sides , for and against , id. Off. 3, 23, 89: te rogo, me tibi in omnes partes defendendum putes, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10 fin. : facillime et in optimam partem cognoscuntur adulescentes, qui se ad claros et sapientes viros contulerunt, id. Off. 2, 13, 46: cives Romani servilem in modum cruciati et necati, in the manner of slaves , Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13; cf.: miserandum in modum milites populi Romani capti, necati sunt, id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5: senior quidam Veiens vaticinantis in modum cecinit, Liv. 5, 15, 4; also: domus et villae in urbium modum aedificatae, Sall. C. 12, 3: perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia legitima sint, Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15: judicium quin acciperet in ea ipsa verba quae Naevius edebat, non recusasse, id. Quint. 20, 63; cf.: senatusconsultum in haec verba factum, Liv. 30, 43, 9: pax data Philippo in has leges est, id. 33, 30: Gallia omnis divisa est in partes tres, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf.: quae quidem in confirmationem et reprehensionem dividuntur, Cic. Part. Or. 9, 33: describebat censores binos in singulas civitates, i. e. for or over each state , id. Verr. 2, 2, 53; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 26: itaque Titurium Tolosae quaternos denarios in singulas vini amphoras portorii nomine exegisse, id. Font. 5, 9: extulit eum plebs sextantibus collatis in capita, a head , for each person , Liv. 2, 33 fin. : Macedonibus treceni nummi in capita statutum est pretium, id. 32, 17, 2; cf.: Thracia in Rhoemetalcen filium ... inque liberos Cotyis dividitur (i. e. inter), Tac. A. 2, 67.—

2 Of the object or end in view, regarded also as the motive of action or effect: non te in me illiberalem, sed me in se neglegentem putabit, Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 16: neglegentior in patrem, Just. 32, 3, 1: in quem omnes intenderat curas, Curt. 3, 1, 21: quos ardere in proelia vidi, Verg. A. 2, 347: in bellum ardentes, Manil. 4, 220: nutante in fugam exercitu, Flor. 3, 10, 4: in hanc tam opimam mercedem agite ( = ut eam vobis paretis, Weissenb. ad loc.), Liv. 21, 43, 7: certa praemia, in quorum spem pugnarent, id. 21, 45, 4: in id sors dejecta, id. 21, 42, 2: in id fide accepta, id. 28, 17, 9: in spem pacis solutis animis, id. 6, 11, 5 et saep.: ingrata misero vita ducenda est in hoc, ut, etc., Hor. Epod. 17, 63: nec in hoc adhibetur, ut, etc., Sen. Ep. 16, 3: alius non in hoc, ut offenderet, facit, id. de Ira, 2, 26, 3: in quod tum missi? Just. 38, 3, 4.—So, like ad , with words expressing affections or inclination of the mind: in obsequium plus aequo pronus, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 10: paratus in res novas, Tac. H. 4, 32: in utrumque paratus, Verg. A. 2, 61.—

3 Of the result of an act or effort: denique in familiae luctum atque in privignorum funus nupsit, Cic. Clu. 66, 188: paratusque miles, ut ordo agminis in aciem adsisteret, Tac. A. 2, 16: excisum Euboicae latus ingens rupis in antrum, Verg. A. 6, 42: portus ab Euroo fluctu curvatus in arcum, id. ib. 3, 533: populum in obsequia principum formavit, Just. 3, 2, 9: omnium partium decus in mercedem conruptum erat, Sall. H. 1, 13 Dietsch: commutari ex veris in falsa, Cic. Fat. 9, 17; 9, 18: in sollicitudinem versa fiducia est, Curt. 3, 8, 20.—

4 Esp. in the phrase: in gratiam or in honorem, alicujus, in kindness , to show favor , out of good feeling , to show honor , etc., to any one (first in Liv.; cf. Weissenb. ad Liv. 28, 21, 4; Krebs, Antibarb. p. 562): in gratiam levium sociorum injuriam facere, Liv. 39, 26, 12: pugnaturi in gratiam ducis, id. 28, 21, 4: quorum in gratiam Saguntum deleverat Hannibal, id. 28, 39, 13; cf. id. 35, 2, 6; 26, 6, 16: oratio habita in sexus honorem, Quint. 1, 1, 6: convivium in honorem victoriae, id. 11, 2, 12: in honorem Quadratillae, Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7: in honorem tuum, Sen. Ep. 20, 7; 79, 2; 92, 1; Vell. 2, 41 al.—

5 In the phrase, in rem esse, to be useful , to avail (cf.: e re esse; opp.: contra rem esse): ut aequom est, quod in rem esse utrique arbitremur, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 10: si in rem est Bacchidis, Ter. Hec. 102; 249: hortatur, imperat, quae in rem sunt, Liv. 26, 44, 7: cetera, quae cognosse in rem erat, id. 22, 3, 2; 44, 19, 3: in rem fore credens universos adpellare, Sall. C. 20, 1; cf.: in duas res magnas id usui fore, Liv. 37, 15, 7: in hos usus, Verg. A. 4, 647.—

6 To form adverbial expressions: non nominatim, qui Capuae, sed in universum qui usquam coissent, etc., in general , Liv. 9, 26, 8; cf.: terra etsi aliquanto specie differt, in universum tamen aut silvis horrida aut paludibus foeda, Tac. G. 5: in universum aestimanti, etc., id. ib. 6: aestate in totum, si fieri potest, abstinendum est (Venere), wholly , entirely , Cels. 1, 3 fin. ; cf. Col. 2, 1, 2: in plenum dici potest, etc., fully , Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 217: Marii virtutem in majus celebrare, beyond due bounds , Sall. J. 73, 5: aliter se corpus habere atque consuevit, neque in pejus tantum, sed etiam in melius, for the worse , for the better , Cels. 2, 2: in deterius, Tac. A. 14, 43: in mollius, id. ib. 14, 39: quid enim est iracundia in supervacuum tumultuante frigidius? Sen. de Ira, 2, 11: civitas saepta muris neque in barbarum corrupta (v. barbarus), Tac. A. 6, 42; cf.: aucto in barbarum cognomento, id. H. 5, 2: priusquam id sors cerneret, in incertum, ne quid gratia momenti faceret, in utramque provinciam decerni, while the matter was uncertain , Liv. 43, 12, 2: nec puer Iliacā quisquam de gente Latinos In tantum spe tollet avos, so much , Verg. A. 6, 876: in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse, Liv. 22, 27, 4; cf.: quaedam (aquae) fervent in tantum, ut non possint esse usui, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24: viri in tantum boni, in quantum humana simplicitas intellegi potest, Vell. 2, 43, 4: quippe pedum digitos, in quantum quaeque secuta est, Traxit, Ov. M. 11, 71: meliore in omnia ingenio animoque quam fortuna usus, in all respects , Vell. 2, 13: ut simul in omnia paremur, Quint. 11, 3, 25: in antecessum dare, beforehand , Sen. Ep. 118.—

7 Sometimes with esse, habere, etc., in is followed by the acc. (constr. pregn.), to indicate a direction, aim, purpose, etc. (but v. Madvig. Gram. § 230, obs. 2, note, who regards these accusatives as originating in errors of pronunciation); so, esse in potestatem alicujus, to come into and remain in one’s power : esse in mentem alicui, to come into and be in one’s mind : esse in conspectum, to appear to and be in sight : esse in usum, to come into use , be used , etc.: quod, qui illam partem urbis tenerent, in eorum potestatem portum futurum intellegebant, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 38: ut portus in potestatem Locrensium esset, Liv. 24, 1, 13; 2, 14, 4: eam optimam rem publicam esse duco, quae sit in potestatem optimorum, Cic. Leg. 3, 17: neque enim sunt motus in nostram potestatem, Quint. 6, 2, 29: numero mihi in mentem fuit, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 25; cf.: ecquid in mentem est tibi? id. Bacch. 1, 2, 53: nec prius surrexisse ac militibus in conspectum fuisse, quam, etc., Suet. Aug. 16: quod satis in usum fuit, sublato, ceterum omne incensum est, Liv. 22, 20, 6: ab hospitibus clientibusque suis, ab exteris nationibus, quae in amicitiam populi Romani dicionemque essent, injurias propulsare, Cic. Div. ap. Caecil. 20, 66: adesse in senatum jussit a. d. XIII. Kal. Octobr., id. Phil. 5, 7, 19.—Less freq. with habere: facito in memoriam habeas tuam majorem filiam mihi te despondisse, call or bring to mind , Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 108: M. Minucium magistrum equitum, ne quid rei bellicae gereret, prope in custodiam habitum, put in prison , kept in prison , Liv. 22, 25, 6: reliquos in custodiam habitos, Tac. H. 1, 87.—So rarely with other verbs: pollicetur se provinciam Galliam retenturum in senatus populique Romani potestatem, Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 8. —

III In composition, n regularly becomes assimilated to a foll. l , m , or r , and is changed before the labials into m : illabor, immitto, irrumpo, imbibo, impello.—As to its meaning, according as it is connected with a verb of rest or motion, it conveys the idea of existence in a place or thing, or of motion, direction, or inclination into or to a place or thing: inesse; inhibere, inferre, impellere, etc. See Hand, Turs. III. pp. 243- 356.