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insinuatio

insinuatio, a conciliation of favor, insinuating style

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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