insidiae

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Latin

Etymology

From īnsideō (to sit in, upon).

Noun

īnsidiae f pl (genitive īnsidiārum); first declension

  1. (usually in the plural) ambush
  2. (usually in the plural) artifice, plot, snare

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative īnsidiae
Genitive īnsidiārum
Dative īnsidiīs
Accusative īnsidiās
Ablative īnsidiīs
Vocative īnsidiae

Derived terms

References

  • insidiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • insidiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • insidiae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • insidiae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.