LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, irregular short ă in most forms

verba dō

verba dō (present infinitive verba dare, perfect active verba dedī, supine verba datum)

Meaning

  1. to cheat, trick, deceive
    […] verba dare ut cautē possint, pugnāre dolōsē, blanditiā certāre, bonum simulāre virum sē,[…] 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.c. 165 BCE – 103 BCE, Gaius Lucilius, Saturae 1232–1234 Marx

Quick answers

What does verba dō mean in Latin?
verba dō, a verb, means “to cheat, trick, deceive”.
What are the principal parts of verba dō?
verba dō, verba dare, verba dedī, verba datum (first conjugation, irregular short ă in most forms).