verba do

Latin

Verb

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

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.

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