insidiator

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English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

insidiator (plural insidiators)

  1. (obsolete) One who lies in ambush.
    • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). On the King's Happy Return”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. , volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A J Valpy, , published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
      many both open enemies and close insidiators; from whose force or treachery no human providence can sufficiently guard them

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “insidiator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Etymology 1

īnsidior +‎ -tor

Noun

īnsidiātor m (genitive īnsidiātōris); third declension

  1. a person lying in ambush
  2. lurker
  3. plotter
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnsidiātor īnsidiātōrēs
Genitive īnsidiātōris īnsidiātōrum
Dative īnsidiātōrī īnsidiātōribus
Accusative īnsidiātōrem īnsidiātōrēs
Ablative īnsidiātōre īnsidiātōribus
Vocative īnsidiātor īnsidiātōrēs
Descendants
  • Italian: insidiatore
  • Portuguese: insidiador
  • Spanish: insidiador

Etymology 2

Verb

īnsidiātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of īnsidiō

References

  • “insidiator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “insidiator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • insidiator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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