noun · femininethird declension
īnsitiō
īnsitiō f (genitive īnsitiōnis)
Meaning
- graft
- grafting
Nec cōnsitiōnēs modo dēlectant sed etiam īnsitiōnēs, quibus nihil invēnit agrī cultūrā sollertius.
It is not just the initial planting of crops that brings delight, but also [the art of] grafting — other than which agriculture has discovered nothing more ingenious.106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 15.54
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnsitiō | īnsitiōnēs |
| genitive | īnsitiōnis | īnsitiōnum |
| dative | īnsitiōnī | īnsitiōnibus |
| accusative | īnsitiōnem | īnsitiōnēs |
| ablative | īnsitiōne | īnsitiōnibus |
| vocative | īnsitiō | īnsitiōnēs |
insĭtĭo, ōnis, f. 1. insero.
I. An ingrafting, grafting:
nec consitiones modo delectant, sed etiam insitiones, Cic. de Sen. 15, 54; Col. 3, 9, 6.—II. That which is ingrafted:
insitionem nutrire, Pall. 5, 2; Col. Arb. 8, 3.—III. The time of grafting, Ov. R. Am. 195.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īnsitiō ōnis, f
1 in+1 SA-, an ingrafting, grafting: delectant insitiones.—The time of grafting, O.
Origins
From īnserō (supine stem īnsit-) + -tiō.