dēcipula, ae, f., and dēcipulum, i, n. decipio, a snare, gin, trap. Lit. (late Lat.): plena avibus, Vulg. Jerem. 5, 27; Job 18, 10.
— Trop. (ante- and post-class.). Fem., Sid. Ep. 8, 10 med.; Mart. Cap. 4, ยง 423; Vulg. Job 18, 10.
— Neutr., App. M. 8, p. 202, 38; 10, p. 250, 28; so id. Flor. 4, p. 360.
—Plur.: nulla decipula, Laev. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 3.