English → Latin
“falsely” in Latin
simulōto make like, simulate, imitate, copy, represent; to feign, pretend; to behave or act (as if, as though)fallāxdeceptive, deceitful; fallacious, spuriousfalsusdeceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having been deceived; mistaken, having been mistaken, having deceived myself; perperusfaulty, defective; wrong, incorrectsecusotherwise, to the contrary; differentlyvitiōsusfull of faults or defects; faulty, defective, bad, corrupt; morally faulty, wicked, depraved, viciousvērōverily, truly, really, doubtless, in truth, indeed; in particular, specifically; butconclūdōto conclude, finish; to define; to shut up, confine, contain
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
falsely
simulate: fallaciter (deceitfully): falso (in a manner inconsistent with its appearance; not according to the true nature of the thing itself; opposed to vere or vero; according to Döderlein, it supposes not willful deception, but error): false (very rare; false assentiri is the reading of ail the MSS., Cic., Acad., 2, 46, 141): perperam (in a manner the reverse of right; opposed to recte): secus (otherwise than as it should be; e.g., to judge of anything): vitiose (faultily; e.g., to draw an inference, concludere). To pronounce falsely, perperam pronunciare: have they judged truly or falsely? utrum recte an perperam judicatum est? to use a word falsely, perperam or non recte dicere verbum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for falsely?
- The usual Latin words for “falsely” are simulō, fallāx, falsus; also perperus, secus, vitiōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.