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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=fallax fallacis (gen.), fallacior -or -us, fallacissimus -a -um ADJ :: [[deceitful]], [[treacherous]]; [[misleading]], [[deceptive]]; [[false]], [[fallacious]]; [[spurious]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>fallax</b>: ācis (<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: homines amicitiae fallaces, Tac. A. 16, 32.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>fallāx</b>,⁹ ācis ([[fallo]]), trompeur, imposteur, [[perfide]], captieux, insidieux : Cic. Div. 1, 37 ; Læl. 91 ; [[spes]] fallaces Cic. Mil. 94, espoirs trompeurs, cf. Phil. 12, 7 ; in herbis [[non]] fallacibus Cic. Læl. 68, dans les plantes qui ne trompent pas &#124;&#124; [avec gén.] amicitiæ [[fallax]] Tac. Ann. 16, 32, trompeur en amitié &#124;&#124; -acior Ov. Rem. 687 ; -acissimus Cic. Div. 2, 91.||[avec gén.] amicitiæ [[fallax]] Tac. Ann. 16, 32, trompeur en amitié||-acior Ov. Rem. 687 ; -acissimus Cic. Div. 2, 91.
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{{Georges
|georg=fallāx, ācis, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. ([[fallo]]), betrügerisch, [[trügend]], [[täuschend]], ränkevoll, α) absol., v. Pers., blanda [[fallax]], Pompon. com. fr.: leves homines [[atque]] f., Cic.: [[barbari]] (astrologi) vani [[atque]] f., Cic.: fallaces [[Ligures]], [[Cato]] fr.: fallaces homines, Catull.: [[gens]] f., Liv.: [[nuntius]], Liv.: fallacior undis, Ov.: [[homo]] fallacissimus, Cic.: [[dominator]] [[ille]] terrae fallacissimus, Lact. – v. Lebl., [[aspectus]], Afran. fr.: [[cumulus]], Lucil. fr.: herbae [[non]] f., die die [[Hoffnung]] [[des]] Landmanns [[nicht]] täuschende junge [[Saat]], Cic.: [[spes]] f., [[spes]] fallaces, Cic.: fallaces conclusiunculae, Cic.: fallaces et captiosae interrogationes, Cic.: [[quid]] [[enim]] fallacius illis (vocibus)? Ov.: oculorum fallacissimus [[sensus]], Cic.: fallacissimae disciplinae, Auct. b. Alex. – β) m. Genet.: amicitiae, Tac. ann. 16, 32. – γ) m. Dat. ([[für]] wen?): [[Planasia]] navigiis [[fallax]], die Sch. gefährdend, Plin. 3, 80. – / Genet. Plur. fallacum, Catull. 30, 11.
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