insecto

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

insecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., a rare form for insector,

to pursue (ante- and postclass.): nos insectabit lapidibus, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 61.— Hence, pass. : insectatus, pursued , Auct. B. Afr. 71, 4.