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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *seh₁-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnsitus''' (feminine īnsita, neuter īnsitum); first/second-declension adjective, past participle of ''īnserō''^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle of [[inserō|alt=īnserō|t=to sow in, graft]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan lists ⟨īnserō⟩ “to plant, graft” under [[serō|t=to sow]], from [[itc-pro|*sisō|alt=*si-se/o-|t=to sow]] and [[ine-pro|*si-sh₁-|alt=*si-sh1-e/o-|t=to sow]], with the participle [[ine-pro|*sh₁-tó-|alt=*sh1-to-]]; cognate with [[lt|sė́ti|t=to sow]] and [[got|𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽|tr=saian|t=to sow]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of eloquence that plants new opinions and uproots those implanted, and of hostility rooted in certain peoples.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is “grafted, planted in”.^(Stelten 1995) Figuratively it is “implanted, rooted, innate”, of opinions, feelings and qualities: Horace says teaching strengthens the power born in us, and Livy speaks of pride inborn in a character.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Tacitus pairs it with ''adoptīvus'', of a member grafted into a family by adoption.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucretius uses it for “placed in, fixed in”, as the earth set in the airy parts of the world.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of the earth set in the air.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of implanted opinions.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of inborn power.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of inborn pride.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of an adopted son.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|grafted|alt=Grafted]], planted in; adopted.^(Stelten 1995)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|implanted|alt=Implanted]], [[m|en|innate]], inborn.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Placed in, fixed in.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[inserō|alt=īnserō]]

+ * [[serō]]

+ * [[īnsitiō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A separate noun ''īnsitus, -ūs'' “grafting”, found only in the ablative, occurs once in Pliny the Elder.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}