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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		īnsidiārī			—			īnsidiāns			—
future		īnsidiātūrum esse			—			īnsidiātūrus			īnsidiandus
perfect		īnsidiātum esse			—			īnsidiātus			—
future perfect		īnsidiātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		īnsidiātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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.