insidiantis
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;
gen. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...competitores. Deinde nihil habeamus quod cum magno emolumento insidiantis eripi possit; quam minimum sit in corpore tuo spoliorum..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...amorem quicumque alienus infans mereretur. VIII. Illud vero insidiantis quo me validius cruciaret fortunae fuit, ut ille mihi..."Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...simul noscerent stationum uigiliarumque, nocte an interdiu opportuniores insidianti essent; et inter crebra conloquia alii atque alii..."