insidiose Latin · revision 36227

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnsidiōsē''' (superlative īnsidiōsissimē)^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|īnsidiōsus|-ē|t1=treacherous, cunning]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The adjective comes from [[m|la|īnsidiae|t=ambush, trap]], which de Vaan lists among the derivatives of [[m|la|sedeō|t=to sit]];^(de Vaan 2008) that verb goes back to [[itc-pro|*sed-ē-|t=to be seated]] and [[ine-pro|*sed-eh₁-|t=to be seated]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|sersitu|t=to sit]], [[sga|saidid|t=to sit]] and [[grc|ἕζομαι|tr=hézomai|t=to sit down]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it in his speech for Sextus Roscius.^(Conte 2010) Cicero also has the superlative in a letter to his brother Quintus.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means treacherously, deceitfully or with hidden intent.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Besides Cicero it is found in Seneca's ''De beneficiis''.^(Conte 2010)

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+ British medieval writers used it for deceitfully or insidiously:^(DMLBS) a chronicle of Battle Abbey has men who thought the abbot had treacherously reported their deceits to the king, and Roger Dymmok writes of wolves lurking in sheep's clothing.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it in a speech and the superlative in a letter.^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it in ''De beneficiis''.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|treacherously|alt=Treacherously]], deceitfully, [[m|en|insidiously]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[īnsidiōsus]]

+ * [[īnsidiae]]

+ * [[īnsidior]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}