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
- M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - G
Appendix Perottina
Gaius Phaedrus
"...corporisfracte loquendo et ambulando molliterfamam cinaedi traxerat certissimi.Hic insidiatus nocte iumentis duciscum ueste et auro et magno argenti..." - P
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..." - M
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..."