English → Latin
“insinuation” in Latin
The English word insinuation itself goes back to Latin sinus, through insinuatio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
insinuation
significatio (i. e., quae plus in suspicione relinquit, quam positum est in oratione, Auct., Her., 4, 53, 67; desiderat illam plus quam dixeris significationem; id est ἔμφασιν, Quint., 9, 2, 3). Τo make an insinuation against anybody, oblique perstringere aliquem; sometimes designare aliquem oratione (to make it felt that he is the person meant; ☞ Caes., B.G., 1, 18): no one has ever made the most covert insinuation against my honor, whom, etc., nemo unquam me tenuissimā suspicione perstrinxit, quem, etc. (Cic., Sull., 16).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for insinuation?
- The usual Latin words for “insinuation” are significātiō, quī. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.