merso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [mergo], to dip in, immerse (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I Lit.: balantumque gregem fluvio mersare salubri, Verg. G. 1, 272: balneo infertur, calida aqua mersatur, Tac. A. 15, 69.—
II Trop., to overwhelm : rerum copia mersat, drowns, destroys , Lucr. 5, 1008: mersor civilibus undis, plunge myself , Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 16.—
III Pass. : mersari, to set , of the stars, Mart. Cap. 8, § 844; cf. merto.