deciperetur
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. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...imagine vaccae passa bovem est, et erat, qui deciperetur, adulter. huc licet ex toto sollertia confluat orbe, ipse..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...criminationibus infamaverat Fabius ignarum et, quo incautior deciperetur, palam laudatum. Veterem inter Lugdunensis [et Viennensis] discordiam proximum bellum..."