Decipivi

Decipivi is the first-person singular perfect active indicative form of the Latin verb decipere, meaning “I deceived.” It is the standard past tense form used with a present stem decip- and a perfect ending -ivi. The verb decipere belongs to the third conjugation with the -io variant, and its full paradigm includes decipio, decipis, decipit in the present, and decipivi, decipivisti, decipivit, decipivimus, decipivistis, decipiverunt in the perfect.

The infinitive is decipere, and the supine is deceptum. The past participle is deceptus (with feminine decepta, neuter deceptum), used to form the passive periphrastic and the perfect passive (for example, decipitus sum, “I was deceived”). In usage, decipivi conveys completed deception carried out by the subject, typically followed by a direct object in the accusative (e.g., te, te ipsum).

Etymology traces decipere to the Latin prefix de- plus cabere/cepere elements related to “taking” or “seizing,” with deception as the figurative sense of taking someone by surprise or misleading them. The form decipivi illustrates the common -ivi pattern of the perfect for certain -io verbs in Latin.

In Latin literature, decipere and its forms appear in narrative and dialogue to express tricks, ruses, or misdirection. The related noun decipio- in compounds or fixed phrases may describe deception as a tactic or vice, while the passive decipitus often appears in discussions of what was done to someone.