Meaning of insidia | Babel Free
[ĩːˈsɪ.di.a]Definitions
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ambush declension-1, plural-normally
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artifice, plot, snare, stratagem declension-1, plural-normally
Equivalents
English
Ambush
Examples
“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.
“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, […] .
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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