decepto
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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...ipsis Bacchus a labris fugit circaque rictus ore decepto fluit, et ipsa trepido mensa subsiluit solo. uix lucet..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...inter undas feruida exustus siti aquas fugaces ore decepto appetit poenas daturus caelitum dapibus graues? Sed ille nostrae..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...mori quaerit, cupit. De. Mors innocentes sola deceptos facit. Nvt. Titana fugies? De. Ipse me Titan fugit..."Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...absente eo et ignaro aut certe invito atque decepto. Helvidio Prisco, qui et reversum se ex Syria solus..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...undique gentes;illa minas divum Parcarumque acta canebatquamvis decepto vates non irrita Phoebo. 175mox et Romuleam stirpem proceresque..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...diva potens uteri: vinclis levor ipsa remissis. numine decepto risisse Galanthida fama est. ridentem prensamque ipsis dea saeva..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...dedistis custodemque rudem somni sopistis et aurum vindice decepto Graias misistis in urbes: nunc opus est sucis..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...ferendo multa supercilio non patienda tuo. per me decepto didicit custode Corinna liminis adstricti sollicitare fidem, delabique toro..."