noun · femininefirst declension
īnsidia
īnsidia f (genitive īnsidiae)
Classical[ĩːˈsɪ.di.a]Ecclesiastical[inˈsiː.di.a]
Meaning
- plural normallyambush
ubi vincere apertē nōn datur, īnsidiās armaque tēcta parant
Where [the means] to conquer openly [or, in open battle] is not given, they prepare ambushes and hidden arms.8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 2.213–214 - plural normallyartifice, plot, snare, stratagem
Etenim iam diū, Patrēs Cōnscrīptī, in hīs perīculīs coniūrātiōnis īnsidiīsque versāmur, […].
And indeed for a long time now, Conscript Fathers, we have been occupied with [these] dangers and plots of the conspiracy, […] .63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.31
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnsidia hīnsidia | īnsidiae hīnsidiae |
| genitive | īnsidiae hīnsidiae | īnsidiārum hīnsidiārum |
| dative | īnsidiae hīnsidiae | īnsidiīs hīnsidiīs |
| accusative | īnsidiam hīnsidiam | īnsidiās hīnsidiās |
| ablative | īnsidiā hīnsidiā | īnsidiīs hīnsidiīs |
| vocative | īnsidia hīnsidia | īnsidiae hīnsidiae |
Origins
See the entry for īnsidiae.
Descendants
- Catalaninsídia
- Italianinsidia
- Portugueseinsídia
- Spanishinsidia
- Galicianinsidia