fallax — Lewis & Short
fallax, ācis (
I gen. plur. fallacium, Cic. Lael. 25, 91 al.;
but fallacum,Cat. 30, 4), adj. fallo, deceitful, deceptive, fallacious (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.;
syn.: captiosus, fraudulentus, subdolus, dolosus, vafer, astutus, callidus): age, barbari (astrologi) vani atque fallaces: num etiam Graiorum historia mentita est?Cic. Div. 1, 19, 37:
levium hominum atque fallacium,id. Lael. 25, 91;
for which: facta impia fallacum hominum,Cat. 30, 4:
vicinitas non assueta mendaciis, non fucosa, non fallax, non erudita artificio simulationis,Cic. Planc. 9, 22:
posita fallacis imagine tauri,Ov. M. 3, 1 et saep.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:
ut tamquam in herbis non fallacibus fructus appareat,Cic. Lael. 19, 68:
(with fucosae) merces,id. Rab. Post. 14, 40:
arva,Ov. A. A. 1, 401:
siliquae,Verg. G. 1, 195:
austri,id. A. 5, 850:
herba veneni,id. E. 4, 24:
vada,Plin. 5, 31, 34, § 128:
genus tutius sed magis fallax (sc. venandi),more uncertain, id. 8, 8, 8, § 26 et saep.:
spe falsa atque fallaci,Cic. Phil. 12, 2 fin.; so,
spes,id. Mil. 34, 94:
et captiosae interrogationes,id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:
imitatio simulatioque virtutis,id. ib. 2, 46, 140:
malitia est versuta et fallax nocendi ratio,id. N. D. 3, 30, 75.—Prov.: fallaces sunt rerum species, Sen. Ben. 4, 34, 1.— Comp.:
fallacior undis,Ov. M. 13, 799:
quid enim fallacius illis (vocibus)?id. R. Am. 687.—Sup.:
oculorum fallacissimo sensu judicare,Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—
(b) With gen.:
homines amicitiae fallaces,Tac. A. 16, 32.—
(g) With dat.:
Planasia navigiis fallax,Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 80.—Hence, adv.: fallācĭter, deceitfully, fallaciously (cf.:
falso, perperam): ratio hoc postulat, ne quid insidiose, ne quid simulate, ne quid fallaciter,Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68; id. Div. 1, 18, 35; id. Part. Or. 25, 90.—Sup.:
fallacissime,Plin. 12, 16, 35, § 71.