deceptio

Latin

Etymology

From deceptus; perfect passive participle of decipio.

Noun

dēceptiō f (genitive dēceptiōnis); third declension

1. deception, deceit

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

2. deceitfulness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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.