insĭdĭae (noun F) : plur. (in sing. insidia prima, Sall. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 75 P.) [insideo]
* An ambush, ambuscade (class.).
* Lit
* Of persons: qui sustinuerant primos impetus insidiarum,Hirt. B. G. 8, 19: equites procedere longius jussi, donec insidiae coorirentur,Tac. H. 2, 24.
* 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.
* To lay an ambush for any one: 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 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: 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.

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