insidiator

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

insidiator (plural insidiators)

1. (obsolete) Someone who lies in ambush, or plots
   • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). On the King's Happy Return”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:

     many both open enemies and close insidiators; from whose force or treachery no human providence can sufficiently guard them

References

• “insidiator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• OED2, 1989

Latin

Etymology 1

īnsidior +‎ -tor

Noun

īnsidiātor m (genitive īnsidiātōris); third declension

1. a person lying in ambush
2. lurker
3. plotter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	īnsidiātor	īnsidiātōrēs
genitive	īnsidiātōris	īnsidiātōrum
dative	īnsidiātōrī	īnsidiātōribus
accusative	īnsidiātōrem	īnsidiātōrēs
ablative	īnsidiātōre	īnsidiātōribus
vocative	īnsidiātor	īnsidiātōrēs

Descendants

• Italian: insidiatore
• Portuguese: insidiador
• Spanish: insidiador

Etymology 2

Verb

īnsidiātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of īnsidiō

References

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