fallax
English
Etymology
Latin fallax deceptive. See fallacy.
Noun
fallax (plural fallaxes)
- (obsolete) cavillation; petty criticism
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cranmer to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Latin
Etymology
From fallō (“deceive”).
Adjective
fallāx m, f, n, (genitive fallācis); third declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | M.F. | N. | MM.FF. | NN. | |
| nominative | fallāx | fallāx | fallācēs | fallācia | |
| genitive | fallācis | fallācis | fallācium | fallācium | |
| dative | fallācī | fallācī | fallācibus | fallācibus | |
| accusative | fallācem | fallāx | fallācēs | fallācia | |
| ablative | fallācī | fallācī | fallācibus | fallācibus | |
| vocative | fallāx | fallāx | fallācēs | fallācia | |
References
- fallax in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879