adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
īnsidiōsus
īnsidiōsus (feminine īnsidiōsa, neuter īnsidiōsum, comparative īnsidiōsior, superlative īnsidiōsissimus)
Classical[ĩː.sɪ.diˈoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[in.si.diˈɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectivecunning, deceitful, insidious
- adjectivedangerous, hazardous
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnsidiōsus | īnsidiōsa | īnsidiōsum |
| genitive | īnsidiōsī | īnsidiōsae | īnsidiōsī |
| dative | īnsidiōsō | īnsidiōsae | īnsidiōsō |
| accusative | īnsidiōsum | īnsidiōsam | īnsidiōsum |
| ablative | īnsidiōsō | īnsidiōsā | īnsidiōsō |
| vocative | īnsidiōse | īnsidiōsa | īnsidiōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnsidiōsī | īnsidiōsae | īnsidiōsa |
| genitive | īnsidiōsōrum | īnsidiōsārum | īnsidiōsōrum |
| dative | īnsidiōsīs | īnsidiōsīs | īnsidiōsīs |
| accusative | īnsidiōsōs | īnsidiōsās | īnsidiōsa |
| ablative | īnsidiōsīs | īnsidiōsīs | īnsidiōsīs |
| vocative | īnsidiōsī | īnsidiōsae | īnsidiōsa |
insĭdĭōsus, a, um, adj. insidiae,
I. cunning, artful, deceitful, dangerous, insidious (class.).
I. Of persons:
quis insidiosior unquam fuit? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192. — II. Of inanim. and abstr. things:
Capraria insidiosa naufragiis, Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 78: pocula Circes, Ov. M. 14, 294: verba, id. H. 20, 212: clementia, Cic. Att. 8, 16, 2. — Sup., Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 28. — Adv.: insĭdĭōsē, cunningly, deceitfully, insidiously: in gratiam rediit cum illo, Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 33: me insidiosissime tractavit, id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 8.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īnsidiōsus adj. with comp.
insidiae, cunning, deceitful, treacherous, dangerous: leno, H.: quis insidiosior (est)?: sermo.
Origins
From īnsidiae (“a lying in wait, an ambush, artifice, stratagem”) + -ōsus, from īnsideō (“sit in or on”), from in (“in, on”) + sedeō (“sit”).
Descendants
- Catalaninsidiós
- Englishinsidious
- Frenchinsidieux
- Italianinsidioso
- Portugueseinsidioso
- Romanianinsidios
- Spanishinsidioso
In English words that came into English from īnsidiōsus
- insidiousīnsidiōsus