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falsus is a Latin Adjective that primarily means false.
Adjective
false, deceptive
Adjective
(of opinions, reports) Erroneous, untrue, false; (of decisions, policy) incorrect, wrong.
(of persons) Deceived, in error, wrong, mistaken. (b) ~us esse, to be under an illusion (as to).
Not genuine, sham, spurious, false. (b) (of hopes, fears, suspicions, etc.) ungrounded, unjustified. (c) (of documents) forged. (d) (of notes) not natural (perh., tremolo).
Improperly so called, pretended.
Assumed in order to deceive, counterfeited, imitation; also, disguised. (b) (of names) used so as to deceive, assumed.
Auferre trucidare rapere falsis nominis imperium, atque ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appelant.Compare To robbery, slaughter, plunder, they give the lying name of empire; they make a solitude and call it peace.
Utinam tam facile vera invenire possem quam falsa convincere.Compare I only wish I could discover the truth as easily as I can expose falsehood.
Omitto quam hic falsus, quam levis.Compare I leave unsaid how false, how trifling these things are.
O miser et infelix dies! o falsus spes! o volucer fortuna! o caecus cupiditas! quam cito ille omnis praetereo!Compare O wretched and unhappy day! O false hope! O fleeting fortune! O blind ambition! how quickly have all those things passed away!
Ego esse quicquam sceptra nisi vano putem fulgore tectum nomen et falso comam vinclo decentem?Compare Should I count sovereignty anything but a name bedecked with empty glamor, a brow adorned with a lying coronet?
Singular | Plural | |
Nom. | falsus | falsī |
Gen. | falsī | falsōrum |
Dat. | falsō | falsīs |
Acc. | falsum | falsōs |
Voc. | false | falsī |
Abl. | falsō | falsīs |
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Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "falsus, falsa, falsum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed September 8, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/falsus-falsa-falsum.
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