fallacia

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See also: fal·làcia

Italian

Noun

fallacia f (plural fallacie)

  1. fallacy

Latin

Etymology

From fallāx (deceptive, deceitful), from fallō (I deceive).

Pronunciation

Noun

fallācia f (genitive fallāciae); first declension

  1. deception, deceit

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative fallācia fallāciae
genitive fallāciae fallāciārum
dative fallāciae fallāciīs
accusative fallāciam fallāciās
ablative fallāciā fallāciīs
vocative fallācia fallāciae

Descendants

References

  • fallacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fallacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "fallacia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • fallacia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • by the aid of fraud and lies: dolis et fallaciis (Sall. Cat. 11. 2)
    • without any disguise, frankly: sine fuco ac fallaciis (Att. 1. 1. 1)