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
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..."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..."