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dēcĭpŭla

dēcĭpŭla · f

a snare, gin, trap

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What it meant

dēcĭpŭla — Lewis & Short

dēcĭpŭla, ae, f., and dēcĭpŭlum, i, n.decipio,

I a snare, gin, trap.

I Lit. (late Lat.): plena avibus, Vulg. Jerem. 5, 27; Job 18, 10.—

II Trop. (ante- and post-class.).

(a) Fem., Sid. Ep. 8, 10 med.; Mart. Cap. 4, § 423; Vulg. Job 18, 10.—

(b) Neutr., App. M. 8, p. 202, 38; 10, p. 250, 28; so id. Flor. 4, p. 360.—Plur.: nulla decipula, Laev. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 3.

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