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
- L
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..." - M
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..." - T
Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...simul noscerent stationum uigiliarumque, nocte an interdiu opportuniores insidianti essent; et inter crebra conloquia alii atque alii..."