All 3 Uses of
deceit
in
The Aeneid
- I mean to plunge the boy in pleasing sleep, And, ravish'd, in Idalian bow'rs to keep, Or high Cythera, that the sweet deceit May pass unseen, and none prevent the cheat.†
Book 1 *
- "With such deceits he gain'd their easy hearts, Too prone to credit his perfidious arts.†
Book 2
- Astonish'd Aunus just arrives by chance, To see his fall; nor farther dares advance; But, fixing on the horrid maid his eye, He stares, and shakes, and finds it vain to fly; Yet, like a true Ligurian, born to cheat, (At least while fortune favor'd his deceit,) Cries out aloud: "What courage have you shown, Who trust your courser's strength, and not your own?†
Book 11
Definition:
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(deceit) the act of lying to or misleading someone