falsus

falsus

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfalsus/
  • Rhymes: -alsus
  • Syllabification: fal‧sus

Verb

falsus

  1. conditional of falsi

Latin

Etymology

    Perfect passive participle from fallō (deceive, trick; mistake).

    Pronunciation

    Participle

    falsus (feminine falsa, neuter falsum, superlative falsissimus); first/second-declension participle

    1. deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having been deceived
    2. mistaken, having been mistaken, having deceived myself
    3. appeased, beguiled, having been appeased
    4. sworn falsely, perjured, having been sworn falsely
    5. (by extension) false, untrue

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative falsus falsa falsum falsī falsae falsa
    genitive falsī falsae falsī falsōrum falsārum falsōrum
    dative falsō falsae falsō falsīs
    accusative falsum falsam falsum falsōs falsās falsa
    ablative falsō falsā falsō falsīs
    vocative false falsa falsum falsī falsae falsa

    Descendants

    Noun

    falsus m (genitive falsī); second declension

    1. liar, deceiver

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    References

    • falsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • falsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "falsus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • falsus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to be imbibing false opinions: opinionibus falsis imbui
      • to distinguish true and false: vera et falsa (a falsis) diiudicare
      • to confuse true with false: vera cum falsis confundere
      • to start from false premises: a falsis principiis proficisci
      • to rouse a vain, groundless hope in some one's mind: spem falsam alicui ostendere
      • to accuse a person of forging the archives: accusare aliquem falsarum tabularum