decipio
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Latin
Etymology
From dē- + capiō (“capture, take”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈki.pi.oː/, [d̪eːˈkɪpioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈt͡ʃi.pi.o/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃiːpio]
Verb
dēcipiō (present infinitive dēcipere, perfect active dēcēpī, supine dēceptum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to catch, ensnare, entrap, deceive, mislead, beguile, elude, cheat
- Synonyms: mentior, frūstror, ēlūdō, dēstituō, fraudō, fallō, circumdūcō, circumveniō, ingannō, indūcō, dolum faciō
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “decipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “decipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- decipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.