verba do
Latin
editVerb
editverba dō (present infinitive verba dare, perfect active verba dedī, supine verba datum); first conjugation, irregular
- to cheat, trick, deceive
- c. 165 BCE – 103 BCE, Gaius Lucilius, Saturae 1232–1234 Marx:
- […] verba dare ut cautē possint, pugnāre dolōsē,
blanditiā certāre, bonum simulāre virum sē,
īnsidiās facere, ut sī hostēs sint omnibus omnēs.- […] so that they may trick cautiously, fight with deception,
contend in flatteries, pretend to be good people,
plot an artifice, as if everyone is everyone's enemy.
- […] so that they may trick cautiously, fight with deception,
- […] verba dare ut cautē possint, pugnāre dolōsē,