fallax

fallax, ācis ( 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.—

(β).

With gen.:

homines amicitiae fallaces,

Tac. A. 16, 32.—

(γ).

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.