Italian

Noun

insidia f ‎(plural insidie)

1. trick, trap
2. (hidden) danger, peril

Synonyms

• (1) trappola
• (2) pericolo

Related terms

• insidiare
• insidioso

Verb

insidia

1. third-person singular present of insidiare
2. second-person singular imperative of insidiare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈsi.di.a/, [ĩːˈsɪ.di.a]

Noun

īnsidia f ‎(genitive īnsidiae); first declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) ambush
2. (chiefly in the plural) artifice, plot, snare

Inflection

First declension.

References

• INSIDIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “insidia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to set an ambuscade: insidias collocare, locare (Mil. 10. 27)
    
  • to waylay a person: insidias alicui parare, facere, struere, instruere, tendere
    
  • to place some one in ambush: aliquem in insidiis locare, collocare, ponere
    
  • to draw some one into an ambush: aliquem in insidias elicere, inducere
    
  • to place oneself in ambush: subsidere in insidiis (Mil. 19. 49)
    

Spanish

Verb

insidia

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of insidiar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of insidiar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of insidiar.