insidiator

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English

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Etymology

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Latin

Noun

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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. [], volumes (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

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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īnsidior +‎ -tor

Noun

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īnsidiātor m (genitive īnsidiātōris); third declension

  1. a person lying in ambush
  2. lurker
  3. plotter
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnsidiātor īnsidiātōrēs
Genitive īnsidiātōris īnsidiātōrum
Dative īnsidiātōrī īnsidiātōribus
Accusative īnsidiātōrem īnsidiātōrēs
Ablative īnsidiātōre īnsidiātōribus
Vocative īnsidiātor īnsidiātōrēs
Descendants
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  • Italian: insidiatore
  • Portuguese: insidiador
  • Spanish: insidiador

Etymology 2

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Verb

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īnsidiātor

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

References

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  • 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.