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

From in- +‎ sinuō (“I bend, curve”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈsi.nu.oː/, [ĩːˈs̠ɪnuoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈsi.nu.o/, [inˈsiːnuo]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		īnsinuāre	īnsinuāvisse	īnsinuātūrum esse	īnsinuārī	īnsinuātum esse	īnsinuātum īrī
participles		īnsinuāns	—	īnsinuātūrus	—	īnsinuātus	īnsinuandus
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
• 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