adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
īnsitīvus
īnsitīvus (feminine īnsitīva, neuter īnsitīvum)
Classical[ĩː.sɪˈtiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[in.siˈtiː.vus]
Meaning
- adjectiveingrafted, grafted
- adjectivesubstituted, spurious; adopted
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnsitīvus | īnsitīva | īnsitīvum |
| genitive | īnsitīvī | īnsitīvae | īnsitīvī |
| dative | īnsitīvō | īnsitīvae | īnsitīvō |
| accusative | īnsitīvum | īnsitīvam | īnsitīvum |
| ablative | īnsitīvō | īnsitīvā | īnsitīvō |
| vocative | īnsitīve | īnsitīva | īnsitīvum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnsitīvī | īnsitīvae | īnsitīva |
| genitive | īnsitīvōrum | īnsitīvārum | īnsitīvōrum |
| dative | īnsitīvīs | īnsitīvīs | īnsitīvīs |
| accusative | īnsitīvōs | īnsitīvās | īnsitīva |
| ablative | īnsitīvīs | īnsitīvīs | īnsitīvīs |
| vocative | īnsitīvī | īnsitīvae | īnsitīva |
insĭtīvus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. ingrafted, grafted (poet. and post - Aug.).
I. Lit.:
pira, Hor. Epod. 2, 19.—II. Trop., substituted, spurious:
liberi, Phaedr. 3, 3, 10: heres, adopted, Sen. Contr. 2, 8: alimentum lactis, of another person than the mother, Gell. 12, 1, 17.—Plur. n. as subst.: insitiva virtutum, Ambros. Ep. 2, 8.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īnsitīvus adj.
insitus, ingrafted, grafted: pira, H.—Fig.: Gracchus, pretended: disciplinae, imported: liberi, spurious, Ph.
Origins
From īnserō (“to sow, plant”) + īvus.