decipio

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

1. to catch, ensnare, entrap, deceive, mislead, beguile, elude, cheat

   Synonyms: mentior, frūstror, ēlūdō, dēstituō, fraudō, fallō, circumdūcō, circumveniō, ingannō, indūcō, dolum faciō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēcipiō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēcipiō		dēcipis		dēcipit		dēcipimus		dēcipitis		dēcipiunt
	imperfect	dēcipiēbam		dēcipiēbās		dēcipiēbat		dēcipiēbāmus		dēcipiēbātis		dēcipiēbant
	future	dēcipiam		dēcipiēs		dēcipiet		dēcipiēmus		dēcipiētis		dēcipient
	perfect	dēcēpī		dēcēpistī		dēcēpit		dēcēpimus		dēcēpistis		dēcēpērunt, dēcēpēre
	pluperfect	dēcēperam		dēcēperās		dēcēperat		dēcēperāmus		dēcēperātis		dēcēperant
	future perfect	dēcēperō		dēcēperis		dēcēperit		dēcēperimus		dēcēperitis		dēcēperint
passive	present	dēcipior		dēciperis, dēcipere		dēcipitur		dēcipimur		dēcipiminī		dēcipiuntur
	imperfect	dēcipiēbar		dēcipiēbāris, dēcipiēbāre		dēcipiēbātur		dēcipiēbāmur		dēcipiēbāminī		dēcipiēbantur
	future	dēcipiar		dēcipiēris, dēcipiēre		dēcipiētur		dēcipiēmur		dēcipiēminī		dēcipientur
	perfect	dēceptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēceptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēceptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēcipiam		dēcipiās		dēcipiat		dēcipiāmus		dēcipiātis		dēcipiant
	imperfect	dēciperem		dēciperēs		dēciperet		dēciperēmus		dēciperētis		dēciperent
	perfect	dēcēperim		dēcēperīs		dēcēperit		dēcēperīmus		dēcēperītis		dēcēperint
	pluperfect	dēcēpissem		dēcēpissēs		dēcēpisset		dēcēpissēmus		dēcēpissētis		dēcēpissent
passive	present	dēcipiar		dēcipiāris, dēcipiāre		dēcipiātur		dēcipiāmur		dēcipiāminī		dēcipiantur
	imperfect	dēciperer		dēciperēris, dēciperēre		dēciperētur		dēciperēmur		dēciperēminī		dēciperentur
	perfect	dēceptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēceptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dēcipe		—		—		dēcipite		—
	future	—		dēcipitō		dēcipitō		—		dēcipitōte		dēcipiuntō
passive	present	—		dēcipere		—		—		dēcipiminī		—
	future	—		dēcipitor		dēcipitor		—		—		dēcipiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēcipere			dēcipī			dēcipiēns			—
future		dēceptūrum esse			dēceptum īrī			dēceptūrus			dēcipiendus, dēcipiundus
perfect		dēcēpisse			dēceptum esse			—			dēceptus
future perfect		—			dēceptum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dēceptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dēcipiendī		dēcipiendō		dēcipiendum		dēcipiendō		dēceptum		dēceptū

Derived terms

• dēceptiō
• dēceptīvus
• dēceptō
• dēceptor
• dēceptrīx
• dēceptus
• dēcipula
• perdēcipiō

Related terms

• capiō
• dēceptōrius

Descendants

• Catalan: decebre
• Occitan: decebre
• Old French: decevoir, deceivre, deceveir
  • → Middle English: deceyven
    • English: deceive
  • Franco-Provençal: dècêvre, dècevêr
  • French: décevoir
• Old Galician-Portuguese: deceber
• Spanish: decebir

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.