delusas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deludo, deludere, delusi, delusus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
deceive/dupe; play false/mock/make sport; play through, complete a performance;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...auro, nec iam calcato radiabat marmore terra muneribus delusa suis, sed crate saligna impositum Cereris vacuae nemus..."Liber III
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...contentae dotibus.Noli adfectare quod tibi non est datum,delusa ne spes ad querelam reccidat." XIX. Aesopus Respondet Garrulo..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Saturnia sensit, 'huius' ait 'linguae, qua sum delusa, potestas parva tibi dabitur vocisque brevissimus usus,' reque minas firmat..."