decipio
Latin
Etymology
From de- + capiō (“capture, take”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈki.pi.oː/, [deːˈkɪ.pi.oː]
Verb
dēcipiō (present infinitive dēcipere, perfect active dēcēpī, supine dēceptum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I catch, ensnare, entrap, deceive, mislead, beguile, elude, cheat.
Inflection
| Conjugation of decipio (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 | dēcēperimus | dēcēperitis | 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 | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | dēcipere | dēcēpisse | dēceptūrus esse | dēcipī | dēceptus esse | dēceptum īrī | |
| participles | dēcipiēns | — | dēceptūrus | — | dēceptus | dēcipiendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| dēcipere | dēcipiendī | dēcipiendō | dēcipiendum | dēceptum | dēceptū | ||
Derived terms
- dēceptiō
- dēceptīvus
- dēceptō
- dēceptor
- dēceptrīx
- dēceptus
- dēcipula
- perdēcipiō
Related terms
- capiō
- dēceptōrius
Descendants
- Catalan: decebre
- English: deceive
- Franco-Provençal: dècêvre, dècevêr
- French: décevoir
- Old French: deceivre
- Old Portuguese: deceber
- Portuguese: decepcionar
- Spanish: decebir, decepcionar
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