decepi
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. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...dolis me illo extuli e periclo et decepi senem.] post cum magnifico milite, urbes verbis qui inermus capit..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...fuerunt: in quibus ut erraverim, legentis tamen non decepi, indicata et diversa opinione, quam sequi magis probantibus liberum..."
