insidior

Latin

Alternative forms

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

  1. (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)
  2. (intransitive) to plot

Conjugation

   Conjugation of īnsidior (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present īnsidior īnsidiāris,
īnsidiāre 		īnsidiātur īnsidiāmur īnsidiāminī īnsidiantur
imperfect īnsidiābar īnsidiābāris,
īnsidiābāre 		īnsidiābātur īnsidiābāmur īnsidiābāminī īnsidiābantur
future īnsidiābor īnsidiāberis,
īnsidiābere 		īnsidiābitur īnsidiābimur īnsidiābiminī īnsidiābuntur
perfect īnsidiātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect īnsidiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect īnsidiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present īnsidier īnsidiēris,
īnsidiēre 		īnsidiētur īnsidiēmur īnsidiēminī īnsidientur
imperfect īnsidiārer īnsidiārēris,
īnsidiārēre 		īnsidiārētur īnsidiārēmur īnsidiārēminī īnsidiārentur
perfect īnsidiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect īnsidiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — īnsidiāre — — īnsidiāminī —
future — īnsidiātor īnsidiātor — — īnsidiantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present īnsidiārī — īnsidiāns —
future īnsidiātūrum esse — īnsidiātūrus īnsidiandus
perfect īnsidiātum esse — īnsidiātus —
future perfect īnsidiātum fore — — —
perfect potential īnsidiātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
īnsidiandī īnsidiandō īnsidiandum īnsidiandō īnsidiātum īnsidiātū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: insidiar
  • Galician: enxexar, axexar, insidiar
  • Italian: insidiare
  • Portuguese: ensejar, Portuguese: insidiar
  • Spanish: insidiar

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.
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