deciperet
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. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...quaerere. Quid magnifici erat multis prodesse, si nemo deciperet? nunc est uirtus dare beneficia non utique reditura, quorum..."XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...morte confecit, et, quod sit indignissimum, quo facilius deciperet, fortasse venena melle permiscuit? quae tam inhumana crudelitas, quis..."II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...sine strepitu potest, neque sic occidere potuit, ut deciperet novercam. Te, te hoc loco, mulier, interrogo: quae..."