insidiantem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →insidio, insidiare, insidiavi, insidiatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lie in wait (to rob/assault; lie in ambush; make treacherous attack (on); plot;; lay traps; act to catch person out; wait and watch; be on lookout (for); lurk;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
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In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...verum etiam ad facinus obeundum, vigilare non solum insidiantem somno maritorum, verum etiam bonis otiosorum. Habes, ubi ostentes..." - T
Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...eadem fide indicatum Pyrrho regi medicum uitae eius insidiantem; eadem Faliscis uinctum traditum proditorem liberorum; religionis haec Romanae..." - P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Caesar operae prioris admonet: solum incolumitati principis adversus insidiantem matrem subvenisse; locum haud minoris gratiae instare, si coniugem..."