fallax

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fallax (“deceptive”). See fallacy.

Noun

fallax (plural fallaxes)

1. (obsolete) cavillation; petty criticism

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “fallax”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Latin

Etymology

From fallō (“I deceive”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.laːks/, [ˈfälːʲäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.laks/, [ˈfälːäks]

Adjective

fallāx (genitive fallācis, comparative fallācior, superlative fallācissimus, adverb fallāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. deceptive, deceitful
2. fallacious, spurious

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	fallāx			fallācēs	fallācia
Genitive	fallācis			fallācium
Dative	fallācī			fallācibus
Accusative	fallācem	fallāx		fallācēs	fallācia
Ablative	fallācī			fallācibus
Vocative	fallāx			fallācēs	fallācia

References

• “fallax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fallax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fallax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a fallacious argument; sophism: conclusiuncula fallax or captio