insidior

Latin

Alternative forms

• īnsidiō

Etymology

From īnsidiae (“ambush, plot(s), snare(s)”) +‎ -or, -ārī (suffix forming verbs from nouns), from īnsideō (“to sit in, upon”) +‎ -ia (“suffix forming abstract noun”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈsi.di.or/, [ĩːˈs̠ɪd̪iɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈsi.di.or/, [inˈsiːd̪ior]

Verb

īnsidior (present infinitive īnsidiārī, perfect active īnsidiātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. (intransitive) to lie in wait, lurk; ambush
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.1.11:

     sī dīxerint: venī nōbīscum, īnsidiēmur sanguinī, abscondāmus tendiculās contrā īnsontem frūstrā

     If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

2. (intransitive) to plot

Conjugation

Conjugation of īnsidior (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnsidior	īnsidiāris, īnsidiāre	īnsidiātur	īnsidiāmur	īnsidiāminī	īnsidiantur
	imperfect	īnsidiābar	īnsidiābāris, īnsidiābāre	īnsidiābātur	īnsidiābāmur	īnsidiābāminī	īnsidiābantur
	future	īnsidiābor	īnsidiāberis, īnsidiābere	īnsidiābitur	īnsidiābimur	īnsidiābiminī	īnsidiābuntur
	perfect	īnsidiātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnsidiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnsidiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnsidier	īnsidiēris, īnsidiēre	īnsidiētur	īnsidiēmur	īnsidiēminī	īnsidientur
	imperfect	īnsidiārer	īnsidiārēris, īnsidiārēre	īnsidiārētur	īnsidiārēmur	īnsidiārēminī	īnsidiārentur
	perfect	īnsidiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnsidiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	īnsidiāre	—	—	īnsidiāminī	—
	future	—	īnsidiātor	īnsidiātor	—	—	īnsidiantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		īnsidiārī	īnsidiātum esse	īnsidiātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		īnsidiāns	īnsidiātus	īnsidiātūrus	—	—	īnsidiandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		īnsidiandī	īnsidiandō	īnsidiandum	īnsidiandō	īnsidiātum	īnsidiātū

Derived terms

• īnsidiātor

Descendants

• Catalan: insidiar
• Galician: enxexar, axexar, insidiar
• Italian: insidiare
• Portuguese: ensejar, Portuguese: insidiar
• Spanish: insidiar

References

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