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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.

suc-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. and a. ⊂.

To go below or under (so mostly poet.; syn. subeo).

Lit.

In gen., to enter, go under, come under:

simul ac primum nubes succedere soli Coepere,

to go under the sun, Lucr. 5, 286; cf. id. 6, 402:

tectum, cui imbris vitandi causā succederet,

Cic. Dom. 44, 116:

maestae Succedunt ramis volucres,

Val. Fl. 6, 505:

succedere tectis,

Ov. M. 2, 766; so,

tectis,

id. ib. 8, 549; Verg. A. 1, 627:

rex jussae succedit aquae,

Ov. M. 11, 142:

tecto et umbrae,

Verg. G. 3, 418:

antro,

id. E. 5, 6 and 19:

tumulo sineret succedere terrae,

i. e. to be buried, id. A. 11, 103; cf.:

serpens imo Successit tumulo,

id. ib. 5, 93.—

In partic., to go from under; to go up, mount, ascend:

alto caelo,

to mount, ascend, Verg. G. 4, 227:

in arduum,

Liv. 5, 43; cf.:

hoc itinere est fons, quo mare succedit longius,

Caes. B. C. 2, 24:

muros,

Liv. 27, 18, 13; 31, 45, 5; Tac. A. 2, 20; Sil. 10, 597:

tumulum,

Liv. 22, 28 et saep. — Absol.:

erigi scalas jussit ac promptissimum quemque succedere,

Tac. A. 2, 81.— Poet.:

in montem succedere silvas Cogebant,

to retreat to the mountains, Lucr. 5, 1370.—

Trop.

To come under, submit to any thing:

omnes sententiae verbaque omnia... sub acumen stili subeant et succedant necesse est,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 151:

externae dominationi, quam in suis timuerunt, sponte succedunt,

Just. 8, 2, 2:

succedoque oneri,

take up, Verg. A. 2, 723:

nec qui succederet operi inventus est,

undertake, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 92.—

To go up, mount, ascend:

a pedibusque minutatim succedere frigus Non dubitabat,

Lucr. 6, 1191:

ad summum honorem,

id. 5, 1122:

ille ad superos Succedet famā,

Verg. A. 12, 235:

aurum in summum successit honorem,

Lucr. 5, 1275.—

To approach, draw near (class. and freq.).

Milit. t. t., to march on, advance, march up to, approach (class. and freq.; cf.: invado, progredior): [p. 1787] sub primam nostram aciem successerunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

sub montem,

id. B. C. 1, 45: supra hostium munitionem, Sisenn. ap. Non. 91, 23:

ad castra hostium infestis signis,

Liv. 7, 37:

ad stationes hostium,

id. 30, 8:

ad hostium latebras,

id. 10, 14:

ad urbem,

id. 26, 44:

ad moenia,

id. 44, 31:

sub ipsum vallum,

id. 31, 36, 5:

ad portūs claustra,

Curt. 4, 5, 19:

celeriter ad molem,

id. 4, 3, 2:

moenibus,

Liv. 10, 34; 24, 19:

munimentis,

id. 9, 14:

munitionibus, Auct. B. Alex. 30, 4: portas succedunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 6:

murum,

Liv. 38, 9.— Absol.:

classis paulatim successit,

Tac. A. 3, 1.— Impers. pass.:

ubicumque iniquo successum est loco,

Liv. 9, 31.—

To follow, follow after, take the place of, relieve, come into the place of, succeed; to succeed to, receive by succession (syn. subsequor).

Lit.:

ut integri et recentes defatigatis succederent,

Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 7, 41; id. B. C. 3, 94; cf. Liv. 9, 32; Ov. M. 13, 134:

in stationem,

Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

in pugnam,

Liv. 9, 27;

for which, proelio,

id. 6, 4:

in paternas opes,

id. 21, 3:

in Pompeii locum heres,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62; cf.:

Sequani principatum dimiserant. In eorum locum Remi successerant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12:

ego in ejus quem occidissem succederem locum,

Liv. 40, 12, 13:

succedam ego vicarius tuo muneri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81; 2, 3, 51, § 120; id. Fam. 3, 3, 1; cf. id. Fl. 14, 33; 21, 49:

qui regno successit,

Plin. 36, 27, 70, § 204:

post ejus mortem frater regno successit,

Just. 17, 3, 6:

in hujus locum filia regno successit,

id. 2, 4, 17;

but: in regnum,

id. 7, 2, 2:

huic Mithridates filius succedit,

id. 42, 2, 3:

ad alteram partem succedunt Ubii,

follow, come next, Caes. B. G. 4, 3.—Of things:

aspicit in teretes lignum succedere suras,

Ov. M. 11, 80. — Impers. pass.:

non solum, quod tibi succederetur, sed quod Gabinio non succederetur,

Cic. Pis. 36, 88:

te antea, quam tibi successum esset, decessurum fuisse,

id. Fam. 3, 6, 2.—

Trop.

To come or enter into a relation:

in affinitatis jura,

Just. 7, 3, 9.—

To follow, follow after, succeed.

In time:

successit ipse magnis (oratoribus),

Cic. Or. 30, 105:

horum aetati successit Isocrates,

id. ib. 13, 40; cf.:

nihil semper floret: aetas succedit aetati,

id. Phil. 11, 15, 39:

tertia post illas successit aënea proles,

Ov. M. 1, 125:

quorum priores duae probationi succedunt,

Quint. 3, 9, 1:

in Italiā violis succedit rosa,

Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 68: etenim ei succedo orationi, quae, etc., I succeed, I speak after an oration, which, etc., Cic. Balb. 1, 4:

consules, quo majori gloriae rerum gestarum succedere se cernebant,

Liv. 4, 11, 2:

rex... succedens tantae caritati Hieronis,

id. 24, 5, 1:

ut bono succedenti regi difficilis aemulatio esset,

id. 1, 48, 8.—

To follow, take the place of, succeed in value: cujus (purpurae) libra denariis centum venibat... huic successit dibapha Tyria, quae in libras denariis mille non poterat emi, Nep. ap. Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 137:

in vicem ejus (graminis) succedit decoctum,

Plin. 24, 19, 118, § 179:

non numero tantum amissorum civium, sed et dignitati,

Just. 3, 5, 7:

filii magnitudini patris successerunt,

id. 19, 1, 2.— Pass. impers.:

male gestis rebus alterius successum est,

Liv. 9, 18, 15.—

Hence, to follow the nature or rule of any thing, to belong to a class or category (rare):

succedere hanc quoque comparativo generi,

Quint. 3, 10, 4:

quae omnia succedunt legitimis quaestionibus,

id. 3, 6, 71.—

Pregn.: res (alicui) succedit, or simply succedit, goes on well, is successful, prospers, succeeds (cf. evenit):

lepide hoc succedit sub manus negotium,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 59:

negotium (ei) sub manus,

id. ib. 4, 4, 7; id. Pers. 4, 1, 2:

quando hoc bene successit,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 23:

parum succedit, quod ago,

id. And. 4, 1, 54:

pleraque non succedunt,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 16:

quod res nulla successerat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

inceptum non succedebat,

Liv. 42, 58:

nihil conceptae temere spei succedebat,

id. 33, 5, 3:

voti Phoebus succedere partem Mente dedit,

Verg. A. 11, 794:

si prospere prima successerint,

Just. 9, 3, 7.— Absol.:

hac non successit: aliā ingrediemur viā,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 45:

si quando minus succedet,

Cic. Or. 28, 98:

si ex sententiā successerit,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 1: si proinde, ut ipse mereor, mihi successerit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 4:

si successisset coeptis,

Liv. 25, 37:

inceptis,

id. 24, 19:

fraudi,

id. 38, 25:

facinori eorum,

id. 40, 11 et saep.:

successurumque Minervae Indoluit,

Ov. M. 2, 788.— Pass.: cum omnia meā causā velles mihi successa, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 2.— Impers.:

nolle successum non patribus,

Liv. 2, 45, 5:

ubicumque iniquo successum erat loco,

id. 9, 31, 13 Weissenb. ad loc.

vincŭlum, or (also in class. prose), contr., vinclum, i, n. [id.], that with which any thing is bound, a band, bond, rope, cord, fetter, tie (cf.: catena, manica, compes).

Lit.:

corpora constricta vinculis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

nodos et vincula rupit,

Verg. A. 5, 510:

hic fessas non vincula naves Ulla tenent,

id. ib. 1, 168:

Chio solvite vincla cado,

Tib. 2, 1, 28:

tunicarum vincla relaxat,

Ov. F. 2, 321:

quamvis Charta sit a vinclis non labefacta suis,

i. e. the seal, id. P. 3, 7, 6:

chartae sua vincula dempsi,

id. Tr. 4, 7, 7:

epistolae laxare,

Nep. Paus. 4, 1:

pennarum vincula,

Ov. M. 8, 226:

et Tyrrhena pedum circumdat vincula plantis,

Verg. A. 8, 458;

so of sandals,

Tib. 1, 5, 66; Ov. F. 1, 410; 2, 324; 3, 823.—

Esp. in the plur., of the fetters of prisoners, and hence sometimes to be rendered prison; and vincula publica, the state-prison:

mitto vincla, mitto carcerem, mitto verbera, mitto secures,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:

aliquem aeternis tenebris vinculisque mandare,

id. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

de convivio in vincla atque in tenebras abripi,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24: in vincula conjectus, Caes. B. G, 3, 9;

4, 27: in vincula duci,

Liv. 3, 13, 4; 3, 49, 2; 3, 56, 4; 3, 57, 5; 5, 9, 4; 9, 34, 24; 38, 56, 9; Vell. 2, 7, 2 al.:

in vinculis et catenis,

Liv. 6, 16, 2;

ex vinculis causam dicere,

i. e. to plead in chains, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

publica,

Nep. Milt. 7, 6; id. Paus. 2, 2; id. Cim. 1, 1; Paul. Sent. 5, 17, 3; 5, 26, 1.—

Trop., a bond, fetter, tie, band:

qui ex corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 6, 14, 14:

vinculum ad astringendam fidem,

id. Off. 3, 31, 111; cf.:

victum ingens vinculum fidei,

Liv. 8, 28, 8:

vincula revellit non modo judiciorum, sed etiam utilitatis vitaeque communis,

Cic. Caecin. 25, 70:

vinculum ingens immodicae cupiditatis injectum est,

Liv. 10, 13, 14: quae (beneficium et gratia) sunt vincula concordiae, Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117:

vinculis et propinquitatis et affinitatis conjunctus,

id. Planc. 11, 27:

vincla summae conjunctionis,

id. Att. 6, 2, 1:

accedit maximum vinculum, quod ita rem publicam geris, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 11, 2:

quod vinclum, quaeso, deest nostrae conjunctioni,

id. ib. 5, 15, 2:

ne cui me vinclo vellem jugali,

Verg. A. 4, 16; cf. Ov. M. 9, 549:

excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67.

vincŭlum, or (also in class. prose), contr., vinclum, i, n. [id.], that with which any thing is bound, a band, bond, rope, cord, fetter, tie (cf.: catena, manica, compes).

Lit.:

corpora constricta vinculis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

nodos et vincula rupit,

Verg. A. 5, 510:

hic fessas non vincula naves Ulla tenent,

id. ib. 1, 168:

Chio solvite vincla cado,

Tib. 2, 1, 28:

tunicarum vincla relaxat,

Ov. F. 2, 321:

quamvis Charta sit a vinclis non labefacta suis,

i. e. the seal, id. P. 3, 7, 6:

chartae sua vincula dempsi,

id. Tr. 4, 7, 7:

epistolae laxare,

Nep. Paus. 4, 1:

pennarum vincula,

Ov. M. 8, 226:

et Tyrrhena pedum circumdat vincula plantis,

Verg. A. 8, 458;

so of sandals,

Tib. 1, 5, 66; Ov. F. 1, 410; 2, 324; 3, 823.—

Esp. in the plur., of the fetters of prisoners, and hence sometimes to be rendered prison; and vincula publica, the state-prison:

mitto vincla, mitto carcerem, mitto verbera, mitto secures,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:

aliquem aeternis tenebris vinculisque mandare,

id. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

de convivio in vincla atque in tenebras abripi,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24: in vincula conjectus, Caes. B. G, 3, 9;

4, 27: in vincula duci,

Liv. 3, 13, 4; 3, 49, 2; 3, 56, 4; 3, 57, 5; 5, 9, 4; 9, 34, 24; 38, 56, 9; Vell. 2, 7, 2 al.:

in vinculis et catenis,

Liv. 6, 16, 2;

ex vinculis causam dicere,

i. e. to plead in chains, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

publica,

Nep. Milt. 7, 6; id. Paus. 2, 2; id. Cim. 1, 1; Paul. Sent. 5, 17, 3; 5, 26, 1.—

Trop., a bond, fetter, tie, band:

qui ex corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 6, 14, 14:

vinculum ad astringendam fidem,

id. Off. 3, 31, 111; cf.:

victum ingens vinculum fidei,

Liv. 8, 28, 8:

vincula revellit non modo judiciorum, sed etiam utilitatis vitaeque communis,

Cic. Caecin. 25, 70:

vinculum ingens immodicae cupiditatis injectum est,

Liv. 10, 13, 14: quae (beneficium et gratia) sunt vincula concordiae, Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117:

vinculis et propinquitatis et affinitatis conjunctus,

id. Planc. 11, 27:

vincla summae conjunctionis,

id. Att. 6, 2, 1:

accedit maximum vinculum, quod ita rem publicam geris, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 11, 2:

quod vinclum, quaeso, deest nostrae conjunctioni,

id. ib. 5, 15, 2:

ne cui me vinclo vellem jugali,

Verg. A. 4, 16; cf. Ov. M. 9, 549:

excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67.