insidiosus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From īnsidiae (a lying in wait, an ambush, artifice, stratagem) +‎ -ōsus, from īnsideō (sit in or on), from in (in, on) + sedeō (sit).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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īnsidiōsus (feminine īnsidiōsa, neuter īnsidiōsum, comparative īnsidiōsior, superlative īnsidiōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. cunning, deceitful, insidious
  2. dangerous, hazardous

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īnsidiōsus īnsidiōsa īnsidiōsum īnsidiōsī īnsidiōsae īnsidiōsa
Genitive īnsidiōsī īnsidiōsae īnsidiōsī īnsidiōsōrum īnsidiōsārum īnsidiōsōrum
Dative īnsidiōsō īnsidiōsō īnsidiōsīs
Accusative īnsidiōsum īnsidiōsam īnsidiōsum īnsidiōsōs īnsidiōsās īnsidiōsa
Ablative īnsidiōsō īnsidiōsā īnsidiōsō īnsidiōsīs
Vocative īnsidiōse īnsidiōsa īnsidiōsum īnsidiōsī īnsidiōsae īnsidiōsa

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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