Latin

Alternative forms

• dēcipulum

Noun

dēcipula f ‎(genitive dēcipulae); first declension

1. snare, trap, gin

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (trap): laqueus, pedica

References

• decipula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “decipula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• decipula in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016