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Fallax
Definition 2024
fallax
fallax
English
Noun
fallax (plural fallaxes)
- (obsolete) cavillation; petty criticism
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cranmer to this entry?)
Latin
Etymology
From fallō (“deceive”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfal.laːks/
Adjective
fallāx m, f, n (genitive fallācis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | fallāx | fallācēs | fallācia | ||
| genitive | fallācis | fallācium | |||
| dative | fallācī | fallācibus | |||
| accusative | fallācem | fallāx | fallācēs | fallācia | |
| ablative | fallācī | fallācibus | |||
| vocative | fallāx | fallācēs | fallācia | ||
References
- fallax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fallax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fallax”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a fallacious argument; sophism: conclusiuncula fallax or captio
- a fallacious argument; sophism: conclusiuncula fallax or captio