What does fallāx mean in Latin?

fallāx, a adjective, means “deceptive, deceitful; fallacious, spurious”.

How do you pronounce fallāx?

In classical Latin, [ˈfal.laːks]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfal.laks].

adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

fallāx

fallāx (genitive fallācis, comparative fallācior, superlative fallācissimus, adverb fallāciter)

Classical[ˈfal.laːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈfal.laks]

Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

one terminationdeceptive, deceitful
Lingua fallāx nōn amat vēritātem: et ōs lūbricum operātur ruīnās. [adjective]A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.26.28
one terminationfallacious, spurious

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī fallit; verba fallācia.

fallāx -ācis — in Mille Verba, Theātrum

quī fallere solet

fallāx -ācis — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 6

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Perperam · Falso · False · Fallaciter

1. Perperam (redupl. of παρά) denotes that which is not true, objectively, with reference to the object, as incorrect; whereas falso, subjectively, in reference to the person, as mistaken. 2. Falso agere has its foundation in error and self-deceit; whereas false and fallaciter happens against better knowledge and conscience; false, through fear and weakness of character; fallaciter, like deceitfully, with the wicked intention of deceiving and betraying. Comp. Tac. Ann. i. 1. Tiberii res . . . ob metum false compositæ sunt, according to Wolf’s reading; comp. with Germ. 36. Inter impotentes et validos falso quiescas. 3. The adjective falsus combines the notions of falso and of the participle falsus, and is distinguished only from fallax. Cic. Phil. xii. 2. Spes falsa et fallax. Tac. Ann. xvi. 33. Specie bonarum falsos et amicitiæ fallaces. (i. 66.)

Declension

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fallāx	fallāx	fallāx
genitive	fallācis	fallācis	fallācis
dative	fallācī	fallācī	fallācī
accusative	fallācem	fallācem	fallāx
ablative	fallācī fallāce	fallācī fallāce	fallācī fallāce
vocative	fallāx	fallāx	fallāx

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fallācēs	fallācēs	fallācia
genitive	fallācium fallācum	fallācium fallācum	fallācium fallācum
dative	fallācibus	fallācibus	fallācibus
accusative	fallācīs fallācēs	fallācīs fallācēs	fallācia
ablative	fallācibus	fallācibus	fallācibus
vocative	fallācēs	fallācēs	fallācia

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

conclusiuncula fallax or captio: a fallacious argument; sophism.

fallax, ācis (

I. gen. plur. fallacium, Cic. Lael. 25, 91 al.; but fallacum, Cat. 30, 4), adj. fallo, deceitful, deceptive, fallacious (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.; syn.: captiosus, fraudulentus, subdolus, dolosus, vafer, astutus, callidus): age, barbari (astrologi) vani atque fallaces: num etiam Graiorum historia mentita est? Cic. Div. 1, 19, 37: levium hominum atque fallacium, id. Lael. 25, 91; for which: facta impia fallacum hominum, Cat. 30, 4: vicinitas non assueta mendaciis, non fucosa, non fallax, non erudita artificio simulationis, Cic. Planc. 9, 22: posita fallacis imagine tauri, Ov. M. 3, 1 et saep.—Of inanim. and abstr. things: ut tamquam in herbis non fallacibus fructus appareat, Cic. Lael. 19, 68: (with fucosae) merces, id. Rab. Post. 14, 40: arva, Ov. A. A. 1, 401: siliquae, Verg. G. 1, 195: austri, id. A. 5, 850: herba veneni, id. E. 4, 24: vada, Plin. 5, 31, 34, § 128: genus tutius sed magis fallax (sc. venandi), more uncertain, id. 8, 8, 8, § 26 et saep.: spe falsa atque fallaci, Cic. Phil. 12, 2 fin.; so, spes, id. Mil. 34, 94: et captiosae interrogationes, id. Ac. 2, 15, 46: imitatio simulatioque virtutis, id. ib. 2, 46, 140: malitia est versuta et fallax nocendi ratio, id. N. D. 3, 30, 75.—Prov.: fallaces sunt rerum species, Sen. Ben. 4, 34, 1.— Comp.: fallacior undis, Ov. M. 13, 799: quid enim fallacius illis (vocibus)? id. R. Am. 687.—Sup.: oculorum fallacissimo sensu judicare, Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—

(b). With gen.: homines amicitiae fallaces, Tac. A. 16, 32.—

(g). With dat.: Planasia navigiis fallax, Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 80.—Hence, adv.: fallācĭter, deceitfully, fallaciously (cf.: falso, perperam): ratio hoc postulat, ne quid insidiose, ne quid simulate, ne quid fallaciter, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68; id. Div. 1, 18, 35; id. Part. Or. 25, 90.—Sup.: fallacissime, Plin. 12, 16, 35, § 71.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el-der. Proto-Italic *falsō? Latin fallō Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Latin fallāx From fallō (“to deceive”) + -āx (“inclined to”).

Descendants

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Englishfallacy
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