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insĭnŭātĭo, ōnis, f. [insinuo], an entrance through a narrow or crooked way.
- I. Lit.: Ponti, Avien. Perieg. 397.
- II. Trop.
- A. An insinuating or ingratiating one’s self into the favor of others: exordium in duas partes dividitur, in principium et insinuationem. … Insinuatio est oratio, quadam dissimulatione et circuitione obscure subiens auditoris animum, Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20.
- B. A notification, publication, Cod. Just. 8, 54, 32.
insĭnŭātor, ōris, m. [insinuo], an introducer (eccl. Lat.): deorum, Tert. ad Nat. 2, 1.
insĭnŭātrix, īcis, f. [insinuator], she that introduces or makes known (eccl. Lat.): rei novae, Aug. Ep. 110, 1.