insessor

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

insessor, ōris, m. [insideo],

a besetter , occupant (very rare); of a ship, Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. 1, 1: viarum, a waylayer , Symm. Ep. 2, 48; cf.: insessores, latrones, Paul. ex Fest. p. 111 Müll.: quod circa vias insidientur sedentes.

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