pitfall Copy link • pitfall: fŏvĕa: to hunt game by means of p.s, foveis feras venari, Plin. 10, 38, 54: to tumble into a p., in f. incidere, Cic. Ph. 4, 5, 12: Hor. Fig., = a snare, Pl. Poen. 1, 1, 59 (foveâ aliquem decipere). See also snare.