false
Dictionary entries
- Entry →falsus, falsa, falsum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
wrong, lying, fictitious, spurious, false, deceiving, feigned, deceptive;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →fallo, fallere, fefelli, falsus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
deceive; slip by; disappoint; be mistaken, beguile, drive away; fail; cheat;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...volt, vinciatur. ARIST. Tace modo. ego te, Philocrates false, faciam ut verus hodie reperiare Tyndarus. quid mi abnutas..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...comam, succendit aras: 'accipe has' inquit 'focis non false messis genitor et largo sacer splendescat ignis ture, quod..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...periret, Saturnalibus, optimo dierum! non non hoc tibi, false, sic abibit. nam si luxerit ad librariorum curram scrinia..."
