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.