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inhaereō ‎(present infinitive inhaerēre, perfect active inhaesī, supine inhaesum); second conjugation

I stick or inhere in; stick, cleave, hang or adhere to; hold on to.
(figuratively) I cling or adhere to, engage deeply or closely in; I am closely connected with.

This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

Conjugation of inhaereo (second conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	inhaereō	inhaerēs	inhaeret	inhaerēmus	inhaerētis	inhaerent
	imperfect	inhaerēbam	inhaerēbās	inhaerēbat	inhaerēbāmus	inhaerēbātis	inhaerēbant
	future	inhaerēbō	inhaerēbis	inhaerēbit	inhaerēbimus	inhaerēbitis	inhaerēbunt
	perfect	inhaesī	inhaesistī	inhaesit	inhaesimus	inhaesistis	inhaesērunt, inhaesēre
	pluperfect	inhaeseram	inhaeserās	inhaeserat	inhaeserāmus	inhaeserātis	inhaeserant
	future perfect	inhaeserō	inhaeseris	inhaeserit	inhaeserimus	inhaeseritis	inhaeserint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	inhaeream	inhaereās	inhaereat	inhaereāmus	inhaereātis	inhaereant
	imperfect	inhaerērem	inhaerērēs	inhaerēret	inhaerērēmus	inhaerērētis	inhaerērent
	perfect	inhaeserim	inhaeserīs	inhaeserit	inhaeserīmus	inhaeserītis	inhaeserint
	pluperfect	inhaesissem	inhaesissēs	inhaesisset	inhaesissēmus	inhaesissētis	inhaesissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	inhaerē	—	—	inhaerēte	—
active	future	—	inhaerētō	inhaerētō	—	inhaerētōte	inhaerentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		inhaerēre	inhaesisse	inhaesūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		inhaerēns	—	inhaesūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		inhaerēre	inhaerendī	inhaerendō	inhaerendum	inhaesum	inhaesū

inhaereo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
inhaereo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “inhaereo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- he is in a suspicious mood: suspicio ei penitus inhaeret
- to be on the heels of the enemy: tergis hostium inhaerere