deceptio

Latin

Etymology

From dēcipiō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

dēceptiō f (genitive dēceptiōnis); third declension

1. deception, deceit

   Synonyms: fraus, dolus, maleficium, perfidia, stratēgēma, ars

2. deceitfulness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēceptiō	dēceptiōnēs
genitive	dēceptiōnis	dēceptiōnum
dative	dēceptiōnī	dēceptiōnibus
accusative	dēceptiōnem	dēceptiōnēs
ablative	dēceptiōne	dēceptiōnibus
vocative	dēceptiō	dēceptiōnēs

Derived terms

• dēceptiōsus

Descendants

• → Catalan: decepció
• → French: déception
• → Galician: decepción
• → Italian: decezione
• → Occitan: decepcion
• → Portuguese: decepção
• → Romanian: decepție
• → Spanish: decepción

References

• “deceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• deceptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.