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inimicus, unfriendly, hostile, inimical

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insidias inimico paravit
he prepared an ambush for the enemy

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

inimīcus, a, um: unfriendly; inimical, hostile, 2.622; of one's foe, 10.795; adverse, 12.812; dangerous, 11.880; fatal, destructive, 1.123.
ĭnĭmīcus, a, um (gen. plur.: ĭnĭmī-cūm, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 14 (270)), adj. [2. in-amicus], unfriendly, hostile, inimical.
  • I Adj.
    • A Of persons: quod eos infenso animo atque inimico venisse dicatis, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149; id. Phil. 10, 10, 21; cf.: quam inimico vultu intuitur, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 25 (557): inter omnia inimica infestaque, Liv. 22, 39, 13: Clodius inimicus est nobis, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 6; 11, 10, 2; id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 28; cf. in sup.: Hannibal nomini Romano, Nep. Hann. 7, 3; Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4: animorum motus inimicissimi mentis, Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34.—
    • B Of inanim. things, hurtful, injurious: raphani dentibus inimici, Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 86: (naves) accipiunt inimicum imbrem, Verg. A. 1, 123: odor nervis, Hor. S. 2, 4, 53: maritare ulmos nisi validas inimicum (est), Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 203.—Comp.: nec quidquam inimicius quam illa (oratio) versibus, Cic. Or. 57, 194; id. Fam. 3, 8, 9. —Sup.: brassica stomacho inimicissima, Plin. 20, 9, 38, § 96.—
      • 2 Like hostilis, hostile: nomina, Verg. A. 11, 84: tela, id. ib. 11, 809: insigne, spoils of a vanquished foe, id. ib. 12, 944: terra, id. ib. 10, 295: natura inimica inter se esse liberam civitatem et regem, Liv. 44, 24, 2: in hostili terra, inter omnia inimica infestaque, id. 22, 39, 13.—
  • II Substt.
    • A ĭnĭmīcus, i, m., an enemy, foe, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 24, § 58: quis plenior inimicorum fuit C. Mario, id. Prov. Cons. 8, 19; Nep. Them. 9, 4; id. Alc. 4, 1; 2, 6 al.: aliquem insectari tamquam inimicum et hostem, Liv. 39, 28, 13: paternus, hereditary, Paul. Sent. 2, 27, 1.—
    • B ĭnĭ-mīca, ae, f.: cujusquam inimica, Cic. Cael. 13, 32.— Sup.: ubi vidit fortissimum virum inimicissimum suum, certissimum consulem, greatest enemy, Cic. Mil. 9, 25; Nep. Eum. 6, 3; id. Dat. 5, 4; id. Hann. 12, 2; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 410, and v. iniquus, II. B. fin.— Adv., in two forms.
      • 1 ĭnĭmīcē, in an unfriendly manner, hostilely, inimically: vide quam tecum agam non inimice, Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 34: insectari aliquem, id. N. D. 1, 3, 5.—Comp.: infestius aut inimicius consulere, Liv. 28, 29, 8.— Sup.: inimicissime contendere, Cic. Quint. 21, 66.—
      • 2 ĭnĭmīcĭter, adv., hostilely, inimically: accensus, Acc. ap. Non. 514, 22: commoti inimiciter, Claud. Quadrig. ap. Gell. 3, 8, 8; Enn. ap. Prisc. 1010 P.

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