insidiae Latin · revision 17962

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *sed-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ĩːˈsɪ.di.ae̯]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [inˈsiː.di.e]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnsidiae''' ''f pl'' (genitive īnsidiārum); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is normally plural; a singular ''īnsidia'' is quoted from Sallust.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is derived from [[m|la|īnsideō|t=to sit in, occupy]] with the suffix ⟨-ia⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|īnsideō]] is formed from [[m|la|in-]] and [[m|la|sedeō|t=to sit]],^(Lewis & Short 1879) which goes back to [[itc-pro|*sed-ē-|t=to be seated]] and [[ine-pro|*sed-eh₁-|t=to be seated]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who has ''is nostrae nāvī lembus īnsidiās dabat'', “that cutter was lying in wait for our ship”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Īnsidiae'' is lying in wait, an ambush, and the place of ambush (''ex īnsidiīs'', “from hiding”); with ''dare'' or ''facere'' it means to lay a trap for someone.^(OLD 2012) In military language it is troops placed in concealment for a surprise attack, or the troops themselves.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is a snare for wild animals,^(OLD 2012) and in general a treacherous attack or plot (Cicero: no plots are more hidden than those concealed under a show of duty), applied also to the treachery of the sea or the night.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Finally it is a trick, a device to deceive.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''is nostrae nāvī lembus īnsidiās dabat''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius: the ''īnsidiae'' of the treacherous sea.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of troops in ambush.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|ambush]]; lying in wait.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(military)'' Troops placed in ambush; the place of an ambush.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|snare]] for animals.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A treacherous attack, [[m|en|plot]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A trick, artifice.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[īnsidiōsus]]

+ * [[īnsidior]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[īnsideō]]

+ * [[sedeō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}