insinuo

See also: insinuó, insinúo, and insinuò

Catalan

Verb

insinuo

1. first-person singular present indicative of insinuar

Italian

Verb

insinuo

1. first-person singular present indicative of insinuare

Anagrams

• unisoni

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

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-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin sinuō

Latin īnsinuō

From in- or sinuō (“to bend, curve”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩːˈsɪ.nu.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈsiː.nu.o]

Verb

īnsinuō (present infinitive īnsinuāre, perfect active īnsinuāvī, supine īnsinuātum); first conjugation

1. to put, place, or thrust into the bosom
2. to bring in by windings and turnings
3. to make one's way to; to get to
4. to penetrate, enter, steal into
5. to land
6. to insinuate, ingratiate oneself
7. to introduce, recommend, make favorably known
8. to initiate, introduce into
9. (post-classical) to publish, make known

Conjugation

   Conjugation of īnsinuō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnsinuō		īnsinuās		īnsinuat		īnsinuāmus		īnsinuātis		īnsinuant
	imperfect	īnsinuābam		īnsinuābās		īnsinuābat		īnsinuābāmus		īnsinuābātis		īnsinuābant
	future	īnsinuābō		īnsinuābis		īnsinuābit		īnsinuābimus		īnsinuābitis		īnsinuābunt
	perfect	īnsinuāvī		īnsinuāvistī		īnsinuāvit		īnsinuāvimus		īnsinuāvistis		īnsinuāvērunt, īnsinuāvēre
	pluperfect	īnsinuāveram		īnsinuāverās		īnsinuāverat		īnsinuāverāmus		īnsinuāverātis		īnsinuāverant
	future perfect	īnsinuāverō		īnsinuāveris		īnsinuāverit		īnsinuāverimus		īnsinuāveritis		īnsinuāverint
passive	present	īnsinuor		īnsinuāris, īnsinuāre		īnsinuātur		īnsinuāmur		īnsinuāminī		īnsinuantur
	imperfect	īnsinuābar		īnsinuābāris, īnsinuābāre		īnsinuābātur		īnsinuābāmur		īnsinuābāminī		īnsinuābantur
	future	īnsinuābor		īnsinuāberis, īnsinuābere		īnsinuābitur		īnsinuābimur		īnsinuābiminī		īnsinuābuntur
	perfect	īnsinuātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnsinuātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnsinuātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnsinuem		īnsinuēs		īnsinuet		īnsinuēmus		īnsinuētis		īnsinuent
	imperfect	īnsinuārem		īnsinuārēs		īnsinuāret		īnsinuārēmus		īnsinuārētis		īnsinuārent
	perfect	īnsinuāverim		īnsinuāverīs		īnsinuāverit		īnsinuāverīmus		īnsinuāverītis		īnsinuāverint
	pluperfect	īnsinuāvissem		īnsinuāvissēs		īnsinuāvisset		īnsinuāvissēmus		īnsinuāvissētis		īnsinuāvissent
passive	present	īnsinuer		īnsinuēris, īnsinuēre		īnsinuētur		īnsinuēmur		īnsinuēminī		īnsinuentur
	imperfect	īnsinuārer		īnsinuārēris, īnsinuārēre		īnsinuārētur		īnsinuārēmur		īnsinuārēminī		īnsinuārentur
	perfect	īnsinuātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnsinuātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		īnsinuā		—		—		īnsinuāte		—
	future	—		īnsinuātō		īnsinuātō		—		īnsinuātōte		īnsinuantō
passive	present	—		īnsinuāre		—		—		īnsinuāminī		—
	future	—		īnsinuātor		īnsinuātor		—		—		īnsinuantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		īnsinuāre			īnsinuārī			īnsinuāns			—
future		īnsinuātūrum esse			īnsinuātum īrī			īnsinuātūrus			īnsinuandus
perfect		īnsinuāvisse			īnsinuātum esse			—			īnsinuātus
future perfect		—			īnsinuātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		īnsinuātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		īnsinuandī		īnsinuandō		īnsinuandum		īnsinuandō		īnsinuātum		īnsinuātū

Derived terms

• īnsinuātiō
• īnsinuātor
• īnsinuātrīx

Related terms

• sinuō

Descendants

• → Catalan: insinuar
• → English: insinuate
• → French: insinuer
• → Italian: insinuare
• → Portuguese: insinuar
• → Spanish: insinuar

References

• “insinuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “insinuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “insinuo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to insinuate oneself into a person's society: se insinuare in consuetudinem alicuius (Fam. 4. 13. 6)
    

Portuguese

Verb

insinuo

1. first-person singular present indicative of insinuar