insinuo Latin · revision 31621

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la sinus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ĩːˈsɪ.nu.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [inˈsiː.nu.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnsinuō''' (present infinitive īnsinuāre, perfect active īnsinuāvī, supine īnsinuātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[in|t=into]] and [[sinus|t=fold, bosom]], “to put into the fold”; the TLL takes it from the phrase ⟨in sinum⟩, the OLD from [[m|la|in-]] and [[sinuō|t=to bend, curve]].^(TLL)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan lists it under ⟨sinus⟩, which he traces to [[itc-pro|*sinu-]], probably cognate with [[sq|gji|t=breast]]; it has no further etymology.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008) The OLD's earliest examples are from Lucretius, who writes of the sun hardly able to work its heat into houses.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first senses are to work something in by winding ways and, with a reflexive, to make one's way in: Lucretius has a thing from outside working its way in, and the soul entering the body at birth.^(OLD 2012) From this came “to work oneself into favour”: Cicero warns against the cunning flatterer who insinuates himself, and tells how a man wormed his way into Metellus' friendship.^(OLD 2012) Seneca uses it of instilling virtue in the mind, and the jurists of making something known.^(OLD 2012) Post-classical writers also have the literal sense “to put into the bosom”, as Apuleius' walking with folded arms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “insinuate, convey, make known, teach”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|insinuate]] (1520s) comes from its past participle.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of things working their way in.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of insinuating oneself into favour.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian of making a wish known.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1520s – English [[m|en|insinuate]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To work in by winding means, insert.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To make one's way in, get in, [[m|en|penetrate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To introduce into someone's favour; to work oneself into favour, [[m|en|ingratiate]] oneself.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To instil an idea; to convey, make known.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(post-classical)'' To put into the [[m|en|bosom]]; with folded hands.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[īnsinuātiō]]

+ * [[īnsinuātor]]

+ * [[īnsinuātrīx]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sinuō]]

+ * [[sinus]]

+ * [[en|insinuate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}