noun · masculinethird declension
īnsitor
īnsitor m (genitive īnsitōris)
Meaning
- a grafter, an ingrafter
hic oleae timeatur vergiliarum quadriduo, hunc caveat insitor calamis gemmisque inoculator.
and this wind in the four days of Pleiads is to be dreaded for the olive, and avoided for their slips by the grafter or for their buds by those engaged in budding.77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny, Naturalis Historia 18.76.329
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnsitor | īnsitōrēs |
| genitive | īnsitōris | īnsitōrum |
| dative | īnsitōrī | īnsitōribus |
| accusative | īnsitōrem | īnsitōrēs |
| ablative | īnsitōre | īnsitōribus |
| vocative | īnsitor | īnsitōrēs |
Insĭtor, ōris, m.,
I. the god that presides over grafting, Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 21.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
insitor ōris, m
1 SA-, an ingrafter, Pr.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin īnsitor From īnsitiō (“a graft, grafting”) + -tor.