LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

īnsertiō

īnsertiō f (genitive īnsertiōnis)

Meaning

  1. grafting
  2. insertion

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeīnsertiōīnsertiōnēs
genitiveīnsertiōnisīnsertiōnum
dativeīnsertiōnīīnsertiōnibus
accusativeīnsertiōnemīnsertiōnēs
ablativeīnsertiōneīnsertiōnibus
vocativeīnsertiōīnsertiōnēs

insertĭo, ōnis, f. 2. insero,
I. a putting in, ingrafting, grafting (post-class.), Isid. Orig. 17, 6, 2: oleastri, Aug. Ep. 120, 20: surculorum, Macr. S. 1, 7, 25.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin īnsertiō From īnserō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalaninserció
  • Englishinsertion
  • Frenchinsertion
  • Italianinserzione
  • Occitaninsercion
  • Portugueseinserção
  • Spanishinserción
  • Galicianinserción

Quick answers

What does īnsertiō mean in Latin?
īnsertiō, a noun, means “grafting; insertion”.
What is the genitive of īnsertiō?
The genitive singular is īnsertiōnis. īnsertiō is feminine, third declension.