English → Latin
“falseness” in Latin
fallōto deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint; to mistake, be mistaken, deceive oneself; to escape the frauscheating, deceit, deception, fraud, guile, stratagem, trick, treachery, wiles; delusion, error; injury, hurt, harmfallāxdeceptive, deceitful; fallacious, spuriousdolorpain, ache, hurt; anguish, grief, sorrow; indignation, resentment, anger, fury, vengeanceperfidiafaithlessness, dishonesty, treachery, falsehood, perfidy
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
falseness
Want of truth, falsum (☞ falsitas first in Arnobius, 1, 33).
Want of uprightness, fraus (deceit): fallacia (cheating, imposture; hence, also, falsehood): dolus (mischievous cunning): perfidia (faithlessness).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for falseness?
- The usual Latin words for “falseness” are fallō, fraus, fallāx; also dolor, perfidia. 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.