decipula
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dēcĭpŭla: ae, f., and dēcĭpŭlum, i, n. decipio,
I a snare, gin, trap.
I Lit. (late Lat.): plena avibus, Vulg. Jerem. 5, 27; Job 18, 10.—
II Trop. (ante- and post-class.).
(a) Fem., Sid. Ep. 8, 10 med.; Mart. Cap. 4, § 423; Vulg. Job 18, 10.—
(b) 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēcĭpŭla, æ, f. (decipio), piège, lacet, lacs : Vulg. Jer. 5, 27 || [fig.] Sid. Ep. 8, 10, ou dēcĭpŭlum, ī, n., Apul. M. 8, 5.
