insidiatus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →insidior, insidiari, insidiatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- 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;
nom. sg. perf. part. - 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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...imagine, inde pietatis. Nihil dubii relinquamus. Sit aliquis insidiatus tyranno atque ob id reus: utrumne salvum eum nolet..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Necessitate? Subita igitur pugna, non praeparata: alter igitur insidiatus est. Vter? Profecto Clodius. Videsne ut ipsa rerum necessitas..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...omnia per quae Miloni Clodius, non Clodio Milo insidiatus esse videatur, plurimum tamen facit illa callidissima simplicitatis imitatio..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ipsa coniectura refertur ad qualitatem? Nam si est insidiatus Clodius, sequitur ut recte sit occisus. cum vero..."Appendix Perottina
Gaius Phaedrus
"...corporisfracte loquendo et ambulando molliterfamam cinaedi traxerat certissimi.Hic insidiatus nocte iumentis duciscum ueste et auro et magno argenti..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aditumque per avia quaerit. ac veluti pleno lupus insidiatus ovili cum fremit ad caulas ventos perpessus et imbris..."In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...periclitanda rei publicae. Quamdiu mihi consuli designato, Catilina, insidiatus es, non publico me praesidio, sed privata diligentia defendi..."