insitor

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

insitor m (genitive insitoris); 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.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative insitor insitōrēs
Genitive insitōris insitōrum
Dative insitōrī insitōribus
Accusative insitōrem insitōrēs
Ablative insitōre insitōribus
Vocative insitor insitōrēs

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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