insinuatio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From īnsinuō (“insinuate”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.si.nuˈaː.ti.oː/, [ĩːs̠ɪnuˈäːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.si.nuˈat.t͡si.o/, [insinuˈät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun edit
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 edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | īnsinuātiō | īnsinuātiōnēs |
| Genitive | īnsinuātiōnis | īnsinuātiōnum |
| Dative | īnsinuātiōnī | īnsinuātiōnibus |
| Accusative | īnsinuātiōnem | īnsinuātiōnēs |
| Ablative | īnsinuātiōne | īnsinuātiōnibus |
| Vocative | īnsinuātiō | īnsinuātiōnēs |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Dutch: insinuatie
- English: insinuation
- Italian: insinuazione
- Russian: инсинуация (insinuacija)
References edit
- “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.