decipio Latin · revision 18055

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la capiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [deːˈkɪ.pi.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [deˈt͡ʃiː.pi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēcipiō''' (present infinitive dēcipere, perfect active dēcēpī, supine dēceptum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|dē-|capiō|t2=to take, seize]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) Lewis & Short take its first sense to be “to catch” an animal running away, as in [[m|la|dēcipula|t=snare]].^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|capiō]] to [[itc-pro|*kap-i-]], from [[ine-pro|*kh₂p-i-]] or a non-Indo-European ⟨*kap-⟩ “to seize”, cognate with [[grc|κάπτω|tr=káptō|t=to gulp down]] and [[got|𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=hafjan|t=to lift]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has ''ego hunc dēcipiam probē'', “I'll fool him nicely”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Dēcipere'' is “to deceive, mislead, dupe”, of persons and of circumstances (Cicero: the ambiguous oracle that deceived Croesus), and “to escape the notice of” (Horace: a lover is blind to his mistress's faults, which escape him).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is also “to disappoint, frustrate, cheat” of an expected advantage (Plautus: hope has deceived many who hoped), and to cheat one's family of their hopes by dying.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short add “to beguile, while away” time or trouble.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “to deceive, catch, snare, beguile”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|deceive]] comes from it through Old French about 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''ego hunc dēcipiam probē''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius: ''tua honestitūdō Danaōs dēcēpit''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the oracle that deceived Croesus.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English [[m|en|deceive]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|deceive]], mislead, [[m|en|dupe]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To escape the notice of, elude.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To disappoint, [[m|en|frustrate]], cheat (of a hope).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To catch, snare.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To beguile, while away.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēceptiō]]

+ * [[dēceptīvus]]

+ * [[dēceptor]]

+ * [[dēceptrix]]

+ * [[deceptus]]

+ * [[dēcipula]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[capiō]]

+ * [[fallō]]

+ * [[en|deceive]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}