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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- insĭdĭae, ārum, f. plur. (in sing. insidia prima, Sall. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 75 P.) [insideo], an ambush, ambuscade (class.). I. Lit A. Of persons:
qui sustinuerant primos impetus insidiarum
, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19: equites procedere longius jussi, donec insidiae coorirentur
, Tac. H. 2, 24.—B. Of place: si forte in insidias devenero
, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 92: signa aenea in insidiis ponere
, Cic. Deiot. 7, 21: milites in insidiis collocare
, Caes. B. G. 3, 20: intrare insidias
, id. B. C. 3, 38.—Particular phrases. (a). To lay an ambush for any one: insidias dare alicui
, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 32: facere vitae alicujus
, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 4: ponere vitae alicujus
, id. Sest. 18, 41: insidias penitus abstrusas ponere contra aliquem
, id. Agr. 2, 18, 49: parare alicui
, id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26: tendere
, id. Rosc. Com. 16, 46: collocare
, id. Mil. 10, 27: comparare
, id. Clu. 16, 47: struere
, id. ib. 66, 190: componere
, Tac. H. 5, 22: compo nere in aliquem
, Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19: componere alicui, Tib. 1, 6, 4: disponere
, Quint. 4, 2, 48: afferre ovilibus
, Calp. Ecl. 1, 40: avibus moliri
, Verg. G. 1, 271.— (b). In abl. alone, abl. with ex, or acc. with per, by artifice or stratagem, craftily, insidiously: Marcellus insidiis interfectus est
, Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3: per insidias quempiam interficere
, id. Dom. 23: per insidias circumvenire
, Caes. B. G. 1, 42: non ex insidiis, sed aperte ac palam elaborare
, Cic. Or. 12, 38: ex insidiis invadere aliquem
, Sall. J. 113, 6.—II. Trop., artifice, crafty device, plot, snare: nimis insidiarum ad capiendas aures adhiberi videtur
, Cic. Or. 51, 170: compositae orationis insidiis fidem alicujus attentare
, id. ib. 61, 208: noctis
, Verg. G. 1, 426: maris
, Val. Fl. 1, 416: post obitum parentis periculo insidiarum subjectus pupillus
, Gai. Inst. 2, 181.
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