(adj.adv.) : 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.
* With gen.: homines amicitiae fallaces,Tac. A. 16, 32.
* 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.

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