I.to be in or upon.
I. Lit.: “meo patri torulus inerit aureus sub petaso,” Plaut. Am. prol. 144: “nummi octingenti aurei in marsupio infuerunt,” id. Rud. 5, 2, 26: “nec digitis anulus ullus inest,” Ov. F 4, 658: “comae insunt capiti,” id. Am. 1, 14, 32: “inerant lunaria fronti cornua,” id. M. 9, 687.—
II. Trop., of abstract things, to be contained in, to be in, to belong or appertain to.
(α).
With in: “superstitio, in qua inest inanis timor deorum,” Cic. N. D. 1, 42: “imagines divinitate praeditas inesse in universitate rerum,” id. ib. 1, 43: “in vita nihil insit, nisi, etc.,” id. Fam. 5, 15: “vitium aliquod inesse in moribus,” id. Off. 1, 37, 13.—
(β).
With dat.: “quibus artibus prudentia major inest,” Cic. Off. 1, 2: “cui virile ingenium inest,” Sall. C. 20, 11: “huic homini non minor veritas inerat,” id. ib. 23, 2: “tarda solet magnis rebus inesse fides,” Ov. H. 17, 130.—
(γ).
Absol.: “inest tamen aliquid, quod, etc.,” Cic. Phil. 11, 1: “praecipue pedum pernicitas inerat,” Liv. 9, 16: “inerat contemptor animus,” Sall. J. 64, 1: “inerat conscientia, derisui fuisse nuper falsum e Germania triumphum,” Tac. Agr. 39.
