trap Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig. • trap: I. Lit.: esp. for mice: muscĭpŭlum and -a: v. mousetrap. For other animals, snares, springes, etc., were rather used (pĕdĭca, lăqueus, etc.): v. snare (I.). II. Fig.: any means by which a person is taken in and deceived: lăqueus, insĭdiae: v. snare (II.).