īnsequo

in-sĕco, cŭi, ctum, 1, v. a., to cut into, cut up (class.):

aliquid dentibus,

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62:

olivam acuta harundine,

Col. 12, 47:

corpora mortuorum ad scrutandos morbos,

to dissect, Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 86:

insecandi sunt favi,

Col. 9, 15, 9:

quod (subtemen) insecti pectine dentes,

cut in, notched, Ov. M. 6, 58.—Hence, insectum, i, n. (sc. animale), an insect; plur., Plin. 11, 1, 1, § 1; 11, 28, 33, § 96 al.

insĕco or insĕquo, insexi, old form for insĕquor, to pursue the narration, to proceed, relate, declare; so imper.: insece, Musa, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 9, 3 (Ann. v. 332 Vahl.): virum mihi, Camena, insece versutum, Liv. Andr. ap. Gell. 18, 9, 5; perf. subj.: insexit, dixerit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 111 Müll.; gerund.: insecenda, Cato ap. Gell. 1. 1.

in-sĕco, cŭi, ctum, 1, v. a., to cut into, cut up (class.):

aliquid dentibus,

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62:

olivam acuta harundine,

Col. 12, 47:

corpora mortuorum ad scrutandos morbos,

to dissect, Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 86:

insecandi sunt favi,

Col. 9, 15, 9:

quod (subtemen) insecti pectine dentes,

cut in, notched, Ov. M. 6, 58.—Hence, insectum, i, n. (sc. animale), an insect; plur., Plin. 11, 1, 1, § 1; 11, 28, 33, § 96 al.

insĕco or insĕquo, insexi, old form for insĕquor, to pursue the narration, to proceed, relate, declare; so imper.: insece, Musa, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 9, 3 (Ann. v. 332 Vahl.): virum mihi, Camena, insece versutum, Liv. Andr. ap. Gell. 18, 9, 5; perf. subj.: insexit, dixerit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 111 Müll.; gerund.: insecenda, Cato ap. Gell. 1. 1.