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Meaning of insidiae | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B2
[ĩːˈsɪ.di.ae̯]

Definitions

  1. ambush
    declension-1, plural-normally
  2. artifice, plot, snare
    declension-1, plural-normally

Equivalents

Bosanski plot
English plot
Hrvatski plot
Српски plot

Examples

“Occasionem repperisti, verbero,”

You have found an opportunity, scoundrel, when you question me amid hostile ambush

“ubi insidiae parum cessere, ad vim transgressus Canninefatis, Frisios, Batavos propriis cuneis componit”

Translation by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb When stratagem proved ineffectual, he resorted to force, arranging in distinct columns the Canninefates, the Batavians, and the Frisii.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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