deceperat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decipio, decipere, decepi, deceptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cheat/deceive/mislead/dupe/trap; elude/escape notice; disappoint/frustrate/foil;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...haud aliter gemuit periuria Theseus litore, qui falsis deceperat Aegea velis., tunc immane gemens foedatusque ora tepentes affatur..."- G
Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...deprehendisset, Caesari scripsit. Atticinus flagitiis addidit, ut quem deceperat accusaret. Recepta cognitio est; fui in consilio. Egit uterque..."