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Verb

insinuo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of insinuar

Italian

Verb

insinuo

1. first-person singular present indicative of insinuare

Anagrams

• unisoni

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ sinuō ‎(“I bend, curve”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iːnˈsi.nu.oː/

Verb

īnsinuō ‎(present infinitive īnsinuāre, perfect active īnsinuāvī, supine īnsinuātum); first conjugation

1. I put, place, or thrust into the bosom.
2. I bring in by windings and turnings.
3. I make my way to; I get to.
4. I penetrate, enter, steal into.
5. I land.
6. I insinuate, ingratiate myself.
7. I introduce, recommend, make favorably known.
8. I initiate, introduce into.
9. (post-classical) I publish, make known.

Inflection

Derived terms

• īnsinuātiō
• īnsinuātor
• īnsinuātrīx

Related terms

• sinuō

Descendants

• English: insinuate
• French: insinuer
• Italian: insinuare
• Spanish: insinuar

References

• insinuo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• insinuo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “insinuo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to insinuate oneself into a person's society: se insinuare in consuetudinem alicuius (Fam. 4. 13. 6)
    

Portuguese

Verb

insinuo

1. first-person singular present indicative of insinuar