fallax, fallacis (gen.), fallacior -or -us, fallacissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
deceitful, treacherous; misleading, deceptive; false, fallacious; spurious;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | fallacia |
| Acc. | fallax | fallacia |
| Voc. | — | fallacia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | fallacius | fallaciora |
| Gen. | fallacioris | — |
| Acc. | fallacius | fallaciora |
| Voc. | fallacius | fallaciora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | fallacissimus | fallacissimi |
| Gen. | fallacissimi | fallacissimorum |
| Dat. | fallacissimo | — |
| Acc. | fallacissimum | fallacissimos |
| Voc. | fallacissime | fallacissimi |
| Abl. | fallacissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | fallacissima | fallacissimae |
| Gen. | fallacissimae | fallacissimarum |
| Dat. | fallacissimae | — |
| Acc. | fallacissimam | fallacissimas |
| Voc. | fallacissima | fallacissimae |
| Abl. | fallacissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | fallacissimum | fallacissima |
| Gen. | fallacissimi | fallacissimorum |
| Dat. | fallacissimo | — |
| Acc. | fallacissimum | fallacissima |
| Voc. | fallacissimum | fallacissima |
| Abl. | fallacissimo | — |
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...furentem despolies: tanta calliditate rapis. Nunc plorat speculo fallax ancilla relicto, gemma vel a digito vel cadit aure..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...datur aeterno victurum carmine nomen: Numquid et hoc, fallax Nile, negare potes? XXVII Natali, Diodore, tuo conviva senatus..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...regna pati, sed tu iussisses Eurysthea; nec tibi fallax portasset Nessi perfida dona Lichas, Oetaei sine lege rogi..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...duabus abit; nec dormitantem uernam fraudare lucerna erubuit fallax, ardeat illa licet. Si nihil inuasit, puerum tunc arte..."Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...corrupto nec uitiata garo. Virus ut hoc alio fallax permutet odore, deposita quotiens balnea ueste petit, psilothro uiret..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...negabit, non reddet sterilis semina iacta seges; dispensatorem fallax spoliabit amica, mercibus extructas obruet unda rates. Extra fortunam..."Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...potes insidias dona uocare tuas: sic auidis fallax indulget piscibus hamus, callida sic stultas decipit esca feras. Quid..."- T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...fabrica, si pravast regula prima, normaque si fallax rectis regionibus exit, et libella aliqua si ex parti claudicat..."