falsum
English
Etymology
Latin
Noun
falsum (uncountable)
- (logic) An arbitrary contradiction, denoted ⊥.
Latin
Etymology
From falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive, trick”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfal.sum/, [ˈfäɫ̪s̠ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfal.sum/, [ˈfälsum]
Noun
falsum n (genitive falsī); second declension
- An untruth, falsehood, fraud, deceit, lie; forgery.
- Ex falso quodlibet.
- From falsehood anything [follows]: .
- Ex falso quodlibet.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | falsum | falsa |
| Genitive | falsī | falsōrum |
| Dative | falsō | falsīs |
| Accusative | falsum | falsa |
| Ablative | falsō | falsīs |
| Vocative | falsum | falsa |
Related terms
Related terms
- falla
- fallācia
- fallāciloquus
- fallāciōsus
- fallācitās
- fallāciter
- fallāx
- fallēns
- fallō
- falsārius
- falsātiō
- falsātus
- falsē
- falsidicentia
- falsidicus
- falsificātus
- falsificus
- falsiiūrius
- falsiloquium
- falsiloquus
- falsimōnia
- falsiparēns
- falsitās
- falsō
- falsus
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
- to distinguish true and false: vera et falsa (a falsis) diiudicare
- “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