verba do

Latin

Verb

verba dō (present infinitive verba dare, perfect active verba dedī, supine verba datum); first conjugation, irregular

1. to cheat, trick, deceive

   Synonyms: mentiōr, dēcipiō, fraudō

   • 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.