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1 īnsidiae
īnsidiae ārum, f [SED-], a snare, trap: non lupus insidias explorat, V.: caprum Excipere insidiis, V.—In war, an ambush, ambuscade: signa aenea in insidiis ponere: insidias intravisse, Cs.: eius vitae a me insidiae positae: insidiae tenduntur alcui: Miloni insidias conlocare: ex insidiis petere, L.: locum insidiis conspeximus, for a secret attack, V.—Fig., artifice, crafty device, plot, snare: Insidias nostrae fecit adulescentiae, T.: nimis insidiarum ad capiendas aurīs adhiberi videtur: noctis, V.—In abl. or in phrases with per or ex, by artifice, by stratagem, craftily, insidiously: insidiis circumventi, S.: Marcellus insidiis interfectus est: fraude et insidiis circumventus, L.: per insidias circumveniri, Cs.: ex insidiis. -
2 insidiae
insĭdĭae, ārum, f. plur. (in sing. insidia prima, Sall. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 75 P.) [insideo], an ambush, ambuscade (class.).I.LitA.Of persons:B.qui sustinuerant primos impetus insidiarum,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:equites procedere longius jussi, donec insidiae coorirentur,
Tac. H. 2, 24.—Of place:(α).si forte in insidias devenero,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 92:signa aenea in insidiis ponere,
Cic. Deiot. 7, 21:milites in insidiis collocare,
Caes. B. G. 3, 20:intrare insidias,
id. B. C. 3, 38.—Particular phrases.To lay an ambush for any one:(β).insidias dare alicui,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 32:facere vitae alicujus,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 4:ponere vitae alicujus,
id. Sest. 18, 41:insidias penitus abstrusas ponere contra aliquem,
id. Agr. 2, 18, 49:parare alicui,
id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:tendere,
id. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:collocare,
id. Mil. 10, 27:comparare,
id. Clu. 16, 47:struere,
id. ib. 66, 190:componere,
Tac. H. 5, 22:compo nere in aliquem,
Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19: componere [p. 965] alicui, Tib. 1, 6, 4:disponere,
Quint. 4, 2, 48:afferre ovilibus,
Calp. Ecl. 1, 40:avibus moliri,
Verg. G. 1, 271.—In abl. alone, abl. with ex, or acc. with per, by artifice or stratagem, craftily, insidiously:II.Marcellus insidiis interfectus est,
Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:per insidias quempiam interficere,
id. Dom. 23:per insidias circumvenire,
Caes. B. G. 1, 42:non ex insidiis, sed aperte ac palam elaborare,
Cic. Or. 12, 38:ex insidiis invadere aliquem,
Sall. J. 113, 6.—Trop., artifice, crafty device, plot, snare:nimis insidiarum ad capiendas aures adhiberi videtur,
Cic. Or. 51, 170:compositae orationis insidiis fidem alicujus attentare,
id. ib. 61, 208:noctis,
Verg. G. 1, 426:maris,
Val. Fl. 1, 416:post obitum parentis periculo insidiarum subjectus pupillus,
Gai. Inst. 2, 181. -
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