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Latin
Etymology
From īnsidiae (“ambush, plot(s), snare(s)”) + -or, -ārī (suffix forming verbs from nouns), from īnsideō (“to sit in, upon”) + -ia (“suffix forming abstract noun”).
Pronunciation
Verb
īnsidior (present infinitive īnsidiārī, perfect active īnsidiātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- (intransitive) to lie in wait, lurk; ambush
405 CE,
Jerome,
Vulgate Proverbs.1.11:
- sī dīxerint: venī nōbīscum, īnsidiēmur sanguinī, abscondāmus tendiculās contrā īnsontem frūstrā
- If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
- (intransitive) to plot
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References
- “insidior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insidior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insidior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.