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Verb
insinuo
- first-person singular present indicative of insinuar
Italian
Verb
insinuo
- first-person singular present indicative of insinuare
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Latin
Etymology
From in- + sinuō (“I bend, curve”).
Pronunciation
Verb
īnsinuō (present infinitive īnsinuāre, perfect active īnsinuāvī, supine īnsinuātum); first conjugation
- to put, place, or thrust into the bosom
- to bring in by windings and turnings
- to make one's way to; to get to
- to penetrate, enter, steal into
- to land
- to insinuate, ingratiate oneself
- to introduce, recommend, make favorably known
- to initiate, introduce into
- (post-Classical) to publish, make known
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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
- insinuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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
- first-person singular present indicative of insinuar