decipior
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. pres. pass. ind. 1st
Examples
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Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...posse aliquem tempore amare duas. per te ego decipior, per te deprensus inermis— ecce, duas uno tempore turpis..." - G
Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...simplicitate comitate iuvenis senex gravitate. Neque enim amore decipior. Amo quidem effuse — ita officiis ita reverentia meruit -, iudico..."