insinuatio
Latin
Etymology
From īnsinuō (“insinuate”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩː.sɪ.nuˈaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in.si.nuˈat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
īnsinuātiō f (genitive īnsinuātiōnis); third declension
- an entrance through a narrow or crooked way
- an insinuating or ingratiating of oneself into favor
- 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
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.