insidiae
Latin
Etymology
From īnsideō (“to sit in, upon”).
Noun
īnsidiae f pl (genitive īnsidiārum); first declension
- (usually in the plural) ambush
- (usually in the plural) artifice, plot, snare
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | īnsidiae |
| Genitive | īnsidiārum |
| Dative | īnsidiīs |
| Accusative | īnsidiās |
| Ablative | īnsidiīs |
| Vocative | īnsidiae |
Derived terms
- īnsidiōsus
References
- “insidiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insidiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insidiae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- insidiae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette