falsum

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Etymology

Latin

Noun

falsum (uncountable)

  1. (logic) An arbitrary contradiction, denoted ⊥.

Latin

Etymology

From falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive, trick”).

Pronunciation

Noun

falsum n (genitive falsī); second declension

  1. An untruth, falsehood, fraud, deceit, lie; forgery.
    Ex falso quodlibet.(WP)
    From falsehood anything : .

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative falsum falsa
genitive falsī falsōrum
dative falsō falsīs
accusative falsum falsa
ablative falsō falsīs
vocative falsum falsa
Related terms

References

  • “falsum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • falsum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to distinguish true and false: vera et falsa (a falsis) diiudicare
    • to be misled by a vain hope: inani, falsa spe duci, induci
    • to tell lies: falsa (pro veris) dicere
  • “falsum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “falsum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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