insidiator

English

Etymology

From Latin īnsidiātor.

Noun

insidiator (plural insidiators)

  1. (obsolete) Someone who lies in ambush, or plots
    • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). On the King's Happy Return”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. [], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, [], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
      many both open enemies and close insidiators; from whose force or treachery no human providence can sufficiently guard them

References

Latin

Etymology 1

īnsidior +‎ -tor

Noun

īnsidiātor m (genitive īnsidiātōris); third declension

  1. a person lying in ambush
  2. lurker
  3. plotter
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative īnsidiātor īnsidiātōrēs
genitive īnsidiātōris īnsidiātōrum
dative īnsidiātōrī īnsidiātōribus
accusative īnsidiātōrem īnsidiātōrēs
ablative īnsidiātōre īnsidiātōribus
vocative īnsidiātor īnsidiātōrēs
Descendants
  • Italian: insidiatore
  • Portuguese: insidiador
  • Spanish: insidiador

Etymology 2

Verb

īnsidiātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of īnsidiō

References

  • insidiator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • insidiator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • insidiator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.