insidient
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;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...conectio: "haec si ut exposui gesta sunt, iudices, insidiator superatus est, vi victa vis vel potius oppressa virtute..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...positae, iudicabo conflixisse causam, sed ubi totis viribus insidiator Clodius ideoque iure interfectus ostenditur. Et hoc est quod..."In Catilinam II
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...esse moriendum. Nullus est portis custos, nullus insidiator viae; si qui exire volunt, conivere possum; qui vero..."Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...eadem petitus insidiis audio, quae latro atque insidiator. non nequiquam isti unum Demetrium filium te habere, me subditum..."Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...atque honore potuerit uinci, cum inter liberatores patriae insidiator ipse libertatis creatus esset praetor. sed animos eis regios..."