insinuatio

Latin

Etymology

From īnsinuō (“insinuate”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.si.nuˈaː.ti.oː/, [ĩːs̠ɪnuˈäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.si.nuˈat.t͡si.o/, [insinuˈät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

īnsinuātiō f (genitive īnsinuātiōnis); third declension

1. an entrance through a narrow or crooked way
2. an insinuating or ingratiating of oneself into favor
3. a notification, publication

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	īnsinuātiō	īnsinuātiōnēs
genitive	īnsinuātiōnis	īnsinuātiōnum
dative	īnsinuātiōnī	īnsinuātiōnibus
accusative	īnsinuātiōnem	īnsinuātiōnēs
ablative	īnsinuātiōne	īnsinuātiōnibus
vocative	īnsinuātiō	īnsinuātiōnēs

Related terms

• īnsinuātor
• īnsinuātrīx
• īnsinuō

Descendants

• Dutch: insinuatie
• English: insinuation
• Italian: insinuazione
• Russian: инсинуация (insinuacija)

References

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