insidior Latin · revision 31700

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnsidior''' (present infinitive īnsidiārī, perfect active īnsidiātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ An active form ''īnsidiō'' is found in the ''Digest''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a denominative verb [[der|la|īnsidiae|t=ambush, plot]],^(OLD 2012) itself from [[m|la|īnsideō|t=to sit in, occupy]].^(Wiktionary) The verb [[m|la|sedeō|t=to sit]] goes back to [[ine-pro|*sed-|t=to sit]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first examples in the OLD are Plautus' men who lie in wait with goads and whips, and Ennius' soldiers who keep watch in ambush.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to lie in wait to attack or rob, and as a military term to lie in ambush.^(OLD 2012) From that it is to make a treacherous attack or plot against someone, as in Cicero's “how long, Catiline, you have plotted against me”, and to lay traps in conversation, as in Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero also uses it of watching for an opportunity.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “lie in wait for, watch for, ambush, plot”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of men lying in wait.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of soldiers in ambush.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of plotting against a person.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To lie in [[m|en|wait]], [[m|en|ambush]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|plot]] against, make a treacherous attack on; to lay traps.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To watch for an opportunity.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[īnsidiātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[insidiae|alt=īnsidiae]]

+ * [[insideo|alt=īnsideō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}