LAT
insinuo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : in-sĭnŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, and n.
* Act.
* Lit., to put, place, or thrust into the bosom (post-class.): sicine vacuus et otiosus insinuatis manibus ambulabis,with folded arms,App. M. 9, p. 219, 23: manum in sinum,Tert. Res. Carn. 28.
* Neutr., to wind or steal into, to make one's way or get into, to penetrate, enter, reach, arrive at; constr. with in and acc. or dat.: inde in amicitiam insinuavit cum matre et mecum simul. Blanditiis, etc., Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 93: penitus insinuare in causam,to penetrate thoroughly into, to acquire a complete knowledge of,Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 149; cf.: ad causam,Auct. Her. 1, 6, 10: in ipsius consuetudinem insinuabo,Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 6: novus per pectora cunctis Insinuat pavor,Verg. A. 2, 229: Italiaeque urbes dextram insinuantis in undam,winding, reaching to,Manil. 4, 602: et blandiri suppliciter et subtiliter insinuare eis, a quibus, etc., i. e. to steal into favor with, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90.
* In gen.: ratem terris,to land,Avien. Arat. 312: suum aestum per saepta domorum,Lucr. 6, 860: Romani quacumque data intervalla essent, insinuabant ordines suos,pushed forward their files into the open spaces of the enemy,Liv. 44, 41.—Poet.: et (tibi) omni tempore tam faciles insinuentur opes,come to you,Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 28.
* Trop., to make favorably known to, to introduce, recommend.
* In gen.: Augusto insinuatus est,Suet. Gramm. 21; id. Calig. 10; id. Oth. 2: hoc est quod penitus illos animo Caesaris insinuavit,Plin. Pan. 62; cf.: vitam moresque feris mentibus,Aur. Vict. de Orig. Gent. 3, 3.
* Esp., reflex. with se, etc.
* With ad or in and acc.: his nos rebus insinuabimus ad causam,will make our way to, get to,Auct. Her. 1, 6, 10: se in antiquam philosophiam,Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 34: se ad aliquam,Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 27: se in familiaritatem alicujus,Cic. Caecin. 5, 13: se in amicitiam cum aliquo,Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 94; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 157: se in forum,id. Phil. 5, 3, 8: se in familiarem usum,Liv. 40, 21, 11: se in eorum sermonem,Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 12.
* To introduce to, initiate into: adest tibi dies, quo per istas meas manus piissimis sacrorum arcanis insinueris,App. M. 11, p. 268.
* To make known, publish (post-class.): voluntatem suam heredibus,Dig. 32, 1, 11, § 2; Rutil. Nam. 1, 590.
* Act.
* Lit., to put, place, or thrust into the bosom (post-class.): sicine vacuus et otiosus insinuatis manibus ambulabis,with folded arms,App. M. 9, p. 219, 23: manum in sinum,Tert. Res. Carn. 28.
* Neutr., to wind or steal into, to make one's way or get into, to penetrate, enter, reach, arrive at; constr. with in and acc. or dat.: inde in amicitiam insinuavit cum matre et mecum simul. Blanditiis, etc., Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 93: penitus insinuare in causam,to penetrate thoroughly into, to acquire a complete knowledge of,Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 149; cf.: ad causam,Auct. Her. 1, 6, 10: in ipsius consuetudinem insinuabo,Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 6: novus per pectora cunctis Insinuat pavor,Verg. A. 2, 229: Italiaeque urbes dextram insinuantis in undam,winding, reaching to,Manil. 4, 602: et blandiri suppliciter et subtiliter insinuare eis, a quibus, etc., i. e. to steal into favor with, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90.
* In gen.: ratem terris,to land,Avien. Arat. 312: suum aestum per saepta domorum,Lucr. 6, 860: Romani quacumque data intervalla essent, insinuabant ordines suos,pushed forward their files into the open spaces of the enemy,Liv. 44, 41.—Poet.: et (tibi) omni tempore tam faciles insinuentur opes,come to you,Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 28.
* Trop., to make favorably known to, to introduce, recommend.
* In gen.: Augusto insinuatus est,Suet. Gramm. 21; id. Calig. 10; id. Oth. 2: hoc est quod penitus illos animo Caesaris insinuavit,Plin. Pan. 62; cf.: vitam moresque feris mentibus,Aur. Vict. de Orig. Gent. 3, 3.
* Esp., reflex. with se, etc.
* With ad or in and acc.: his nos rebus insinuabimus ad causam,will make our way to, get to,Auct. Her. 1, 6, 10: se in antiquam philosophiam,Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 34: se ad aliquam,Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 27: se in familiaritatem alicujus,Cic. Caecin. 5, 13: se in amicitiam cum aliquo,Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 94; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 157: se in forum,id. Phil. 5, 3, 8: se in familiarem usum,Liv. 40, 21, 11: se in eorum sermonem,Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 12.
* To introduce to, initiate into: adest tibi dies, quo per istas meas manus piissimis sacrorum arcanis insinueris,App. M. 11, p. 268.
* To make known, publish (post-class.): voluntatem suam heredibus,Dig. 32, 1, 11, § 2; Rutil. Nam. 1, 590.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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