insidiae
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom īnsideō (“to sit in, upon”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /inˈsi.di.ae̯/, [ĩːˈs̠ɪd̪iäe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈsi.di.e/, [inˈsiːd̪ie]
Noun
editīnsidiae f pl (genitive īnsidiārum); first declension
- (usually in the plural) ambush
- c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 4.4.9-10:
- Occasionem repperisti, verbero,
ubi perconteris me, insidiis hostilibus- You have found an opportunity, scoundrel, when you question me amid hostile ambush
- Occasionem repperisti, verbero,
- (usually in the plural) artifice, plot, snare
- c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 4.16:
- ubi insidiae parum cessere, ad vim transgressus Canninefatis, Frisios, Batavos propriis cuneis componit
- Translation by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb
- When stratagem proved ineffectual, he resorted to force, arranging in distinct columns the Canninefates, the Batavians, and the Frisii.
- Translation by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb
- ubi insidiae parum cessere, ad vim transgressus Canninefatis, Frisios, Batavos propriis cuneis componit
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | īnsidiae |
Genitive | īnsidiārum |
Dative | īnsidiīs |
Accusative | īnsidiās |
Ablative | īnsidiīs |
Vocative | īnsidiae |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “insidiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insidiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insidiae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- insidiae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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