LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

īnsinuātiō

īnsinuātiō f (genitive īnsinuātiōnis)
Classical[ĩː.sɪ.nuˈaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[in.si.nuˈat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. an entrance through a narrow or crooked way
  2. an insinuating or ingratiating of oneself into favor
  3. a notification, publication

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeīnsinuātiōīnsinuātiōnēs
genitiveīnsinuātiōnisīnsinuātiōnum
dativeīnsinuātiōnīīnsinuātiōnibus
accusativeīnsinuātiōnemīnsinuātiōnēs
ablativeīnsinuātiōneīnsinuātiōnibus
vocativeīnsinuātiōīnsinuātiōnēs

insĭnŭātĭo, ōnis, f. insinuo,
I. 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.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinīnsinuātiō

Proto-Indo-European *sinos Proto-Italic *sinus Latin sinus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin sinuō Latin īnsinuō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin īnsinuātiō From īnsinuō (“insinuate”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishinsinuation
  • Italianinsinuazione
  • Dutchinsinuatie
  • Russianинсинуация

In English words that came into English from īnsinuātiō

  • insinuationīnsinuātiō

Quick answers

What does īnsinuātiō mean in Latin?
īnsinuātiō, a noun, means “an entrance through a narrow or crooked way; an insinuating or ingratiating of oneself into favor; a notification, publication”.
What is the genitive of īnsinuātiō?
The genitive singular is īnsinuātiōnis. īnsinuātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce īnsinuātiō?
In classical Latin, [ĩː.sɪ.nuˈaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [in.si.nuˈat.t͡si.o].
Where does īnsinuātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Italic *en → Proto-Italic *en- → Latin īnsinuātiō.