Italian

Noun

fallacia f ‎(plural fallacie)

1. fallacy

Latin

Etymology

From fallax ‎(“deceptive, deceitful”), from fallo ‎(“I deceive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /falˈlaː.ki.a/, [faɫˈɫaː.ki.a]

Noun

fallācia f ‎(genitive fallāciae); first declension

1. deception, deceit

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• English: fallacy, fallacious

References

• fallacia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fallacia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FALLACIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fallacia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • by the aid of fraud and lies: dolis et fallaciis (Sall. Cat. 11. 2)
    
  • without any disguise, frankly: sine fuco ac fallaciis (Att. 1. 1. 1)