falsificatus

Latin

Etymology

Passive perfect participle of falsificō (attested earlier in this form than in other forms).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fal.si.fiˈkaː.tus/, [fäɫ̪s̠ɪfɪˈkäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fal.si.fiˈka.tus/, [fälsifiˈkäːt̪us]

Adjective

falsificātus (feminine falsificāta, neuter falsificātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. false, falsified
   • c. 1186 – 1190, Andreas Capellanus, De Amore :

     Si tamen muneris contemplatione solummodo amoris reperiantur vacare ministeriis, non verus postmodum iudicatur sed falsificatus amor.

Usage notes

• First occurs in Prudentius (Hamartigenia, c. 405). Appears later in Medieval Latin along with other forms of the verb falsificō.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	falsificātus	falsificāta	falsificātum		falsificātī	falsificātae	falsificāta
Genitive	falsificātī	falsificātae	falsificātī		falsificātōrum	falsificātārum	falsificātōrum
Dative	falsificātō		falsificātō		falsificātīs
Accusative	falsificātum	falsificātam	falsificātum		falsificātōs	falsificātās	falsificāta
Ablative	falsificātō	falsificātā	falsificātō		falsificātīs
Vocative	falsificāte	falsificāta	falsificātum		falsificātī	falsificātae	falsificāta

Related terms

• falsificus

Descendants

• Catalan: falsificat
• French: falsifié
• Italian: falsificato
• Portuguese: falsificado
• Romanian: falsificat, falșificat
• Spanish: falsificado

References

• “falsificatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• falsificatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• falsificatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)