trick (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. dŏlus (craft, stratagem2. strŏpha (rare)3. ars, artĭfĭcium4. praestigiae, arum (lit., sleight of hand, jugglery5. furtum (lit. theft; hence, any sly artifice) • trick (subs.): 1. dŏlus (craft, stratagem: opp. to straightforward honest conduct): to contrive a t., d. nectere, Liv. 27, 28: Virg.: v. stratagem. 2. strŏpha (rare): canting t.s, verbosae s., Phaedr. 1, 14, 4: Plin. min.: Sen. 3. ars, artĭfĭcium: v. artifice. 4. praestigiae, arum (lit., sleight of hand, jugglery: hence, any dexterous, cunning imposition): your t.s are exposed! patent pr., Pl.: Cap. 3, 3, 9: Cic. Join: dolos, fallacias, praestigias: poet. Cic. N. D. 3, 29. 5. furtum (lit. theft; hence, any sly artifice): Hor. Od. 1, 10, 8 (jocoso condere f.): t.s of war (stratagems), furta belli, Virg. Aen. 11, 515.
TRICK Copy link • TRICK 1. s. ars: dolus: artificium: techna (comedy). To play tricks, dolos nectere, procudere (comedy): a juggling trick, praestigiae (deception, delusion): circulatoriae praestigiae (of a juggler; Tert., Apol., 23): fabula (as it were, a comedy, which one plays for the purpose of deceiving; e.g., Cornicinius ad suam veterem fabulam rediit, Cic., Att., 4, 2, 4); at cards, *paginae (lusoriae) captae, or captandae. 2. v. To deceive, fraude or dolo capere: eludere: fucum facere alicui: fraudare: fraudem or tallaciam alicui facere. To trick anybody out of anything, aliquem fraudare or defraudare aliqua re; out of money, aliquem circumducere or circumvertere argento: aliquem emungere argento: perfabricare aliquem (all comedy). To adorn, exornare. Vid: ADORN.