insitivus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

insĭtīvus, a, um, adj. [1. insero], 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.

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