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.