insinuatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.

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