captiosus
Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
captĭōsus: a, um, adj. captio.
I Fallacious, deceptive: societas, Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 29: beneficium, Dig. 46, 5, 8 pr.: liberalitas, ib. 2, 15, 8.—Comp., Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 52.—
II (Acc. to captio, I. B.) Captious, sophistical (most freq. in Cic.): animi fallacibus et captiosis interrogationibus circumscripti atque decepti, Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 46; so Gell. 16, 2, 13: probabilitas, Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 72: genus, id. Ac. 2, 16, 49; so in sup., id. ib.—Subst.: captĭōsa, ōrum, n., sophisms, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22.—Adv.: cap-tĭōsē, captiously, insidiously: interrogare, Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
captĭōsus,¹⁴ a, um (captio), trompeur : o societatem captiosam et indignam ! Cic. Com. 29, ô la fourberie, l’indignité de cette association ! || captieux, sophistique : nihil captiosius Cic. Com. 52, rien de plus captieux ; captiosissimo genere interrogationis uti Cic. Ac. 2, 49, employer la forme la plus captieuse d’argumentation [le sorite] ; pl. n., les sophismes : Cic. Fin. 1, 22.
Latin > German (Georges)
captiōsus, a, um, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (captio), I) betrügerisch, o societatem captiosam et indignam! Cic.: quo nihil captiosius neque indignius dici potest, Cic. – II) verfänglich, sophistisch, fallaces et captiosae interrogationes, Cic.: interrogationes c., sententiae c., Gell.: c. verba, Sen.: captiosissimo genere interrogationis uti, Cic. – subst., captiōsa, ōrum, n. = Trugschlüsse, c. solvere, Cic. de fin. 1, 22.
Latin > English
captiosus captiosa -um, captiosior -or -us, captiosissimus -a -um ADJ :: harmful, disadvantageous; captious, intended to ensnare (arguments), deceptive
