in- an inseparable particle cf. Gr. a)-, a)n
—- Germ. and Eng. un-, which, prefixed to an adj., negatives or reverses the meaning: impar, unequal: intolerabilis, unbearable: immitis, ruthless.
—In tmesis: Hanc . . . Inque salutatam linquo, V. In composition 2 in- has the same forms as the praep. 1 in, but loses the n before gn-.