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1 （īnsidiāns, ntis)
（īnsidiāns, ntis) m [P. of insidior], a waylayer, man in ambush.—Only plur., S. -
2 īnsidiātor
īnsidiātor ōris, m [insidior], one who lies in wait, a lurker, waylayer: in foro conlocatur: eius (imperi), N.: insidiatores Massivae parare, S.* * *one who lies in wait (to attack, rob, etc) -
3 grassator
grassātor, ōris, m. [id.].I.A vagabond, idler: poëticae artis honos non erat. Si qui in ea re studebat, aut sese ad convivia applicabat, grassator vocabatur, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5.—II.A disorderly person, one who goes rioting about (esp. at night, whether for fun and enjoyment or for robbery), a rioter, a waylayer, street-robber, footpad:hoc modo viator quoque bene vestitus causa grassatori fuisse dicetur, cur ab eo spoliaretur,
Cic. Fat. 15, 34:grassatorum plurimi palam se ferebant succincti ferro,
Suet. Aug. 32:grassatores et sicarii,
id. Caes. 72:nocturni grassatoris insidiosa violentia,
Gell. 20, 1, 8; Quint. 12, 1, 38:ferro subitus grassator agit rem,
Juv. 3, 305. -
4 insessor
insessor, ōris, m. [id.], a besetter, occupant (very rare);of a ship,
Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. 1, 1:viarum,
a waylayer, Symm. Ep. 2, 48; cf.: insessores, latrones, Paul. ex Fest. p. 111 Müll.: quod circa vias insidientur sedentes. -
5 insidiator
insĭdĭātor, ōris, m. [id.], a soldier lying in ambush, Hirt. B. G. 8, 18.—II.Transf., one who lies in wait, a lurker, waylayer (rare but class.):viae,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:in foro collocatur,
id. Mil. 7, 19:imperii,
Nep. Reg. 2. -
6 subsessor
I.Lit.:II.subsessores vocantur, qui occisuri aliquem delitescunt,
Serv. Verg. A. 11, 268; cf. id. ib. 5, 498:subsessores cum venabulis,
Petr. 40, 1.—Trop.:alieni matrimonii,
Val. Max. 2, 1, 5; 7, 2, ext. 1; cf.:subsessoris et adulteri persona,
Arn. 4, p. 142.
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