insitor

Latin

Etymology

From īnsitiō (“a graft, grafting”) +‎ -tor.

Noun

īnsitor m (genitive īnsitōris); third declension

  1. a grafter, an ingrafter
    • 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny, Naturalis Historia 18.76.329:
      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.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnsitor īnsitōrēs
Genitive īnsitōris īnsitōrum
Dative īnsitōrī īnsitōribus
Accusative īnsitōrem īnsitōrēs
Ablative īnsitōre īnsitōribus
Vocative īnsitor īnsitōrēs

References
  • “insitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “insitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • insitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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