is beguiled of his sufferings

dē-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], primarily signifies to catch away, catch up, seize an animal while running, fleeing, etc. (whence decipula, a snare, trap); but occurs only in the trop. sense (acc. to capio, no. II. B.), to catch, ensnare, entrap, beguile, elude, deceive, cheat (for syn. cf.:

fraudo, emungo, circumscribo, circumvenio, frustror, verba do, impono, fallo): fiunt transennae ubi decipiuntur dolis, etc.,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 9 sq.:

ita decipiemus fovea lenonem Lycum,

id. Poen. 1, 1, 59; id. Amph. 1, 1, 268 et saep.:

eo deceptum, quod neque, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14:

T. Roscius novem homines honestissimos... induxit, decepit, omni fraude et perfidia fefellit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117; cf.:

illa amphibolia, quae Croesum decepit, vel Chrysippum potuisset fallere,

id. Div. 2, 56 fin.; Verg. A. 4, 17 al.: homines imperitos et per colloquium deceptos crudelissime interfecisse, Caes. B. C. 1, 85, 3;

so per aliquid,

id. ib. 3, 82 fin.; Liv. 1, 9 al.:

in nullo verbo eum memoria decepit,

Sen. Contr. 1. Praef. 18:

jam semel in prima spe deceptos,

Liv. 36, 40;

for which spe affinitatis deceptum,

Suet. Tib. 65; cf.:

deceptus nocte,

Quint. 4, 2, 71:

cupidine falso,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 61:

specie recti,

id. A. P. 25 et saep.:

amatorem amicae decipiunt vitia,

id. S. 1, 3, 38.— Poet., in Gr. construction: Prometheus dulci laborum decipitur sono, is beguiled of his sufferings (i. e. forgets his sufferings, being beguiled with sweet melody), Hor. Od. 2, 13, 38.—

Of inanimate objects:

exspectationibus decipiendis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 289; cf.:

quo opinio decipitur,

Quint. 6, 3, 64:

oculos,

Ov. R. Am. 346; cf. id. M. 3, 431:

nervos,

Pers. 4, 45:

volatile pecus facile custodiam pastoris decipit,

Col. 8, 4, 3:

judicium error,

Ov. Pont. 3, 9, 11:

specimen istud virtutis,

Liv. 8, 7:

sic tamen absumo decipioque diem,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 114; cf. id. H. 19, 55 Loers.; Stat. Silv. 4, 4, 19; Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 233:

quomodo vinum potantem decipit,

Vulg. Hab. 2, 5.—

Absol.:

victima deceptus decipientis ero,

Ov. Am. 3, 3, 22:

ab tergo et super caput decepere insidiae,

Liv. 22, 4; Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 204.