insidiosus
Σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος καὶ παίγνιον: ἢ μάθε παίζειν, τὴν σπουδὴν μεταθείς, ἢ φέρε τὰς ὀδύνας → All life is a stage and a play: either learn to play laying your gravity aside, or bear with life's pains.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
insĭdĭōsus: a, um, adj. insidiae,
I cunning, artful, deceitful, dangerous, insidious (class.).
I Of persons: quis insidiosior unquam fuit? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192. —
II Of inanim. and abstr. things: Capraria insidiosa naufragiis, Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 78: pocula Circes, Ov. M. 14, 294: verba, id. H. 20, 212: clementia, Cic. Att. 8, 16, 2. — Sup., Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 28. — Adv.: insĭdĭōsē, cunningly, deceitfully, insidiously: in gratiam rediit cum illo, Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 33: me insidiosissime tractavit, id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
īnsĭdĭōsus,¹¹ a, um (insidiæ),
1 qui dresse des embûches, traître, perfide ; -sior Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 192
2 plein d’embûches, perfide, insidieux : Cic. Cat. 2, 28 ; Fl. 87 ; Agr. 2, 7 || -issimus Plin. 29, 28.
