deception Copy link Outline I. The act of deceivingII. The means of deceiving • deception: I. The act of deceiving: fraus, fallācia, dŏlus: v. deceit. Or expr. by verb. as, to delight in d., *ex hominibus decipiendis voluptatem capere, mentiendo gaudere, etc.: v. deceive. Phr.: to increase one's stature by d., mendacio staturam adjuvare, Sen.: without any d. whatever, sine fuco et fallaciis, Cic. Att. 1, 1. II. The means of deceiving: mendācium, dŏlus: v. lie, stratagem. Phr.: some d. lurks (in the horse), aliquis latet error, Virg. (N.B:--Not deceptio in either sense, except in inferior authors.)
DECEPTION Copy link • DECEPTIONfraudatio: fallacia: circumscriptio. fraus. [☞ Deceptio, which used to stand, Vitr. 2, 8, is very late.] Vid: DECEIT.