insidiosus Latin · revision 32226

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *sed-eh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ĩː.sɪ.diˈoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.si.diˈɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnsidiōsus''' (feminine īnsidiōsa, neuter īnsidiōsum, comparative īnsidiōsior, superlative īnsidiōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|īnsidiae|-ōsus|t1=ambush, plot]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|īnsidiae]] is from [[m|la|īnsideō|t=to sit in, occupy]], from [[m|la|in]] and [[m|la|sedeō|t=to sit]],^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*sed-ē-]] and [[ine-pro|*sed-eh₁-|t=to be seated]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who in the ''Pro Milone'' speaks of a man killed in a place full of ambushes and robbers.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of places it means full of ambushes or hidden dangers, as Pliny the Elder's island dangerous to ships; of other things hazardous, as Ovid's treacherous cups of Circe.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of people and conduct it is treacherous or deceitful, as Cicero asks who was ever harsher, more treacherous or more cruel.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of conditions it means proceeding stealthily, insidious: Publilius Syrus says the greater a thing is, the more treacherous.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it cunning, artful, deceitful, dangerous.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|insidious]] (1540s) comes from French or directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of places full of ambushes and of treacherous people.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of treacherous cups.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of an island dangerous to ships.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1540s – English [[m|en|insidious]] is formed from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of places, full of [[m|en|ambush|alt=ambushes]] or hidden dangers; of things, hazardous.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of persons and conduct, [[m|en|treacherous]], deceitful, cunning.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of conditions, proceeding stealthily, [[m|en|insidious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[īnsidiōsē]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[īnsideō]]

+ * [[īnsidianter]]

+ * [[īnsidiātor]]

+ * [[īnsidiātrīx]]

+ * [[īnsidior]]

+ * [[insidiae|alt=īnsidiae]]

+ * [[en|insidious]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}