īnsidiae, īnsidiārum

Definitions for īnsidiae

Wheelock's Latin

Noun

1
ambush, plot, treachery
English derivatives:
insidious

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Noun

1
The action of fact of lying in wait (in order to attack, suprise, etc.), an ambush.
2
(mil.) A disposition of troops in concealment so as to effect a surprise attack, ambush, ambuscade. (b) (w. notion of place predominant). (c) (w. notion of troops in ambush predominant).
3
A trap set for a wild animal, snare.

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Sentences with īnsidiae

Latin to English

Īnsidiās tyrannī nōn tolerābās.Compare You (sg.) were not tolerating (did not tolerate) the treachery of the tyrant.

Nōn sōlum mōrēs sed etiam īnsidiās illīus laudāre audēs.Compare You (sg.) dare to praise not only the character but also the treachery of that man.

Propter īnsidiās enim ūnīus hominis haec cīvitās nōn valēbat.Compare In fact, on account of the treachery of one man this state was not strong.

Vīribus hominum nōn dēlēmur; sed possumus īnsidiīs dēlērī.Compare We are not being destroyed by the strength of men, but we can be destroyed by a plot.

Cum cōnsilia tua nunc comprehendāmus, īnsidiās tuās nōn ferēmus.Compare Since we now understand your plans, we will not endure your treachery.

Catilīna (= Catiline), quī tantās īnsidiās contrā rem pūblicam fēcerat, ex urbe ā Cicerōne expulsus est.Compare Catiline, who had made such a great plot against the state, was driven from the city by Cicero.

Paratae lacrimae insidias non fletum indicant.Compare Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief.

Vigilandum est semper; multae insidiae sunt bonis.Compare One must always be on one's guard: there are many snares for the good.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 39.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 923.
Word frequencies
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 125.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "īnsidiae, īnsidiārum (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 31, 2023. Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/insidiae-insidiarum.