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
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...volt, vinciatur. ARIST. Tace modo. ego te, Philocrates false, faciam ut verus hodie reperiare Tyndarus. quid mi abnutas..."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..."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..."
