decipio

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ capiō (“capture, take”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēcipere	dēcēpisse	dēceptūrum esse	dēcipī	dēceptum esse	dēceptum īrī
participles		dēcipiēns	—	dēceptūrus	—	dēceptus	dēcipiendus, dēcipiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēcipiendī	dēcipiendō	dēcipiendum	dēcipiendō	dēceptum	dēceptū

Derived terms

• dēceptiō
• dēceptor
• dēceptrīx
• dēceptus
• dēceptīvus
• dēceptō
• 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.