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|lshtext=<b>in-sĭnŭo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.<br /><b>I</b> Act.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[bring]] in by windings or turnings, to [[insinuate]] [[into]]; to [[cause]] a [[person]] or [[thing]] to [[get]] to a [[place]] by windings or turnings; and, in gen., to [[cause]] to [[arrive]] at or [[get]] to a [[place]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp., [[with]] se, to [[wind]] one's [[way]] [[into]], to [[steal]] [[into]]; to [[insinuate]] or [[ingratiate]] one's [[self]]: se [[inter]] equitum turmas, Caes. B. G. 4, 33: quā te insinuaveris, [[retro]] via repetenda, Liv. 9, 2, 8: cum (Romanus) insinuasset se [[inter]] [[corpus]] armaque, id. 7, 10, 10: [[qua]] se [[inter]] [[valles]] [[flumen]] insinuat, winds [[along]], id. 32, 31, 1: [[Tigris]] Persico mari se insinuat, Curt. 5, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Trop., to [[make]] favorably [[known]] to, to [[introduce]], [[recommend]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp., reflex. [[with]] se, etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: [[callidus]] [[ille]] ne se insinuet, [[studiose]] cavendum est, Cic. Lael. 26, 99: [[eadem]] [[qua]] te insinuaveris via [[retro]] repetenda est, Liv. 9, 2, 8: [[celeriter]] [[dato]] [[loco]] cum se insinuasset, Auct. B. Alex. 52, 2: praefecto regis se, Just. 5, 2, 5: plebi se, Liv. 3, 15, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[introduce]] to, [[initiate]] [[into]]: adest [[tibi]] [[dies]], quo per istas meas [[manus]] piissimis sacrorum arcanis insinueris, App. M. 11, p. 268.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[make]] [[known]], [[publish]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): voluntatem suam heredibus, Dig. 32, 1, 11, § 2; Rutil. Nam. 1, 590.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.