to escape one's knowledge

praetĕr-ĕo, īvi, and more freq. ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( fut. praeteriet, Vulg. Sap. 1, 8; id. Ecclus. 39, 37; Juvenc. 4, 159), v. n. and a.

To go by or past, to pass by:

si nemo hac praeteriit,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 15:

ut arbitri sint, qui praetereant per vias,

id. Merc. 5, 4, 46:

praeteriens modo,

in passing by, Ter. And. 1, 5, 18:

quasi praeteriens satisfaciam universis,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 50; cf. id. Brut. 54, 200:

te praetereunte,

Juv. 3, 275.—Of impers. and abstract subjects: nec, quae praeteriit, iterum revocabitur unda nec quae praeteriit hora;

redire potest,

Ov. A. A. 3, 63:

nocte hac, quae praeteriit, proxima,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 3.—So of time:

biennium praeteriit cum ille cubitum nullum processerit,

Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3:

tertius jam praeteriit annus, cum interim, etc.,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 7.—

To be lost, disregarded, perish, pass away, pass without attention or fulfilment (late Lat.):

aut unus apex non praeteribit de lege,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 8:

figura hujus mundi,

id. 1 Cor. 7, 31; id. Eccl. 1, 4; 7, 1.—

Act., to go by or past, to pass by, overtake, pass a person or thing.

Lit.:

praeterire pistrinum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27:

jam hunc non ausim praeterire,

id. As. 3, 4, 15:

hortos,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3:

jam hos cursu, jam praeterit illos,

Verg. A. 4, 157:

Maura Pudicitiae cum praeterit aram,

Juv. 6, 308.— Pass.:

praeterita est virgo,

Ov. M. 10, 680.—Of inanim. subjects:

ripas Flumina praetereunt,

flow past their banks, Hor. C. 4, 7, 3.—

Trop.

To pass by an evil, to escape a danger:

nescis, quid mali Praeterieris,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 4.—

With neutr. adj., or a clause as subject, to escape one, i. e. to escape one's knowledge, be unknown to one:

non me praeterit... me longius prolapsum esse,

Cic. Caecin. 35, 101:

sed te non praeterit, quam sit difficile,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2: nec dubitamus multa esse, quae et nos praeterierint, Plin. H. N. praef. § 18.—

To pass by or over, i. e.

To pass over, leave out, omit, not mention:

quae nunc ego omnia praetereo ac relinquo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 106:

ut hoc praeteream, quod, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 3, 77, §

178: omitto jurisdictionem contra leges, caedes relinquo, libidines praetereo,

id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6:

et quod paene praeterii, Bruti tui causā feci omnia,

what I had nearly failed to mention, id. Att. 6, 3, 5:

aliquid silentio,

id. Brut. 22, 88:

praeteream, referamne tuum... Dedecus?

Ov. F. 6, 319:

ut nihil praeteream,

Plin. 2, 98, 101, § 220:

ne quid praetereatur,

id. 16, 10, 20, § 50.—

To pass over, omit, make no use of:

locus, qui praeteritus neglegentiā est,

Ter. Ad. prol. 14.—

To pass over, to omit, leave out, in reading or writing, Mart. 13, 3, 8:

litteras non modo, sed syllabas praeterit,

Suet. Aug. 88.—

To neglect or forget to do a thing, to omit, leave out, in action; with inf.:

verum, quod praeterii dicere, neque illa matrem, etc.,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 68:

quod sciscitari paene praeterivi,

App. M. 3, p. 139, 22.—With acc.:

nullum genus crudelitatis praeterire,

to leave unpractised, Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 4.— Pass.:

tantā vi dixisse ut nulla pars orationis silentio praeteriretur,

left without applause, Cic. Brut. 22, 88.—

In elections. legacies, invitations, donations, etc., to pass over, take no notice of, to neglect, reject, exclude any one:

populus solet nonnumquam dignos praeterire: nec, si a populo praeteritus est, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 3, 8:

cum sapiens et bonus vir suffragiis praeteritur,

id. Tusc. 5, 19, 54:

Philippus et Marcellus praetereuntur,

were passed by, received no appointment, Caes. B. C. 1, 6:

fratris filium praeteriit,

has passed by, bequeathed nothing to, Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41:

me quoque Romani praeteriere patres,

neglected me, forgot me, Ov. F. 5, 312:

quid repente factum, Quod sum praeteritus vetus sodalis?

Mart. 7, 86, 5:

si eum (filium) silentio praeterierit, inutiliter testabitur,

Gai. Inst. 2, 123.—

To go beyond, to surpass, excel:

hos nobilitate Mago Carthaginiensis praeteriit,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1:

virtus alios tua praeterit omnes,

Ov. P. 4, 7, 51:

ut Ajax praeteriit Telamonem,

Juv. 14, 214.—

To transgress:

justum praeterit ira modum,

due limits, Ov. F. 5, 304. —Hence,

praetĕrĕunter, adv., in passing, cursorily (eccl. Lat.):

loqui,

Aug. Tractat. 118, in Joann.—

praetĕrĭ-tus, a, um, P. a., gone by, past, past and gone, departed:

nec praeteritum tempus unquam revertitur,

Cic. Sen. 19, 69:

aetas,

id. ib. 2, 4:

anni,

Verg. A. 8, 560:

nox, Prop 2, 11 (3, 6), 9: culpa,

Ov. H. 20, 187:

labor,

Quint. 10, 7, 4:

secula,

id. 12, 4, 2:

vita,

Just. 42, 1:

viri,

dead and gone, departed, Prop. 2, 10, 52 (3, 5, 36):

negotiantes veniā in praeteritum donavit,

for the past, for their past conduct, Suet. Dom. 9:

praeteritā noc. te,

last night, Juv. 10, 235.—In gram.: tempus praeteritum, the past or preterit tense:

quaedam verba etiam mutantur, ut fero in praeterito,

Quint. 1, 4, 29.— Subst.: prae-tĕrĭta, ōrum, n., things gone by, the past:

sevocatus animus a contagione corporis meminit praeteritorum, praesentia cernit, futura praevidet,

Cic. Div. 1, 30, 63; id. Fat. 7, 14:

monet ut in reliquum tempus omnes suspiciones vitet: praeterita se fratri condonare dicit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

invidiam praeteritorum contemptu praesentium demere,

Just. 21, 5, 10.—Prov.:

praeterita mutare non possumus,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59 init. —In partic., Praetĕrĭta, ōrum, n., things passed over (Gr. paraleipomena), a name of the books of Chronicles, because they contain what had been omitted in the books of Kings, Hier. Ep. 18, n. 1.

praetĕr-ĕo, īvi, and more freq. ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( fut. praeteriet, Vulg. Sap. 1, 8; id. Ecclus. 39, 37; Juvenc. 4, 159), v. n. and a.

To go by or past, to pass by:

si nemo hac praeteriit,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 15:

ut arbitri sint, qui praetereant per vias,

id. Merc. 5, 4, 46:

praeteriens modo,

in passing by, Ter. And. 1, 5, 18:

quasi praeteriens satisfaciam universis,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 50; cf. id. Brut. 54, 200:

te praetereunte,

Juv. 3, 275.—Of impers. and abstract subjects: nec, quae praeteriit, iterum revocabitur unda nec quae praeteriit hora;

redire potest,

Ov. A. A. 3, 63:

nocte hac, quae praeteriit, proxima,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 3.—So of time:

biennium praeteriit cum ille cubitum nullum processerit,

Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3:

tertius jam praeteriit annus, cum interim, etc.,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 7.—

To be lost, disregarded, perish, pass away, pass without attention or fulfilment (late Lat.):

aut unus apex non praeteribit de lege,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 8:

figura hujus mundi,

id. 1 Cor. 7, 31; id. Eccl. 1, 4; 7, 1.—

Act., to go by or past, to pass by, overtake, pass a person or thing.

Lit.:

praeterire pistrinum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27:

jam hunc non ausim praeterire,

id. As. 3, 4, 15:

hortos,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3:

jam hos cursu, jam praeterit illos,

Verg. A. 4, 157:

Maura Pudicitiae cum praeterit aram,

Juv. 6, 308.— Pass.:

praeterita est virgo,

Ov. M. 10, 680.—Of inanim. subjects:

ripas Flumina praetereunt,

flow past their banks, Hor. C. 4, 7, 3.—

Trop.

To pass by an evil, to escape a danger:

nescis, quid mali Praeterieris,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 4.—

With neutr. adj., or a clause as subject, to escape one, i. e. to escape one's knowledge, be unknown to one:

non me praeterit... me longius prolapsum esse,

Cic. Caecin. 35, 101:

sed te non praeterit, quam sit difficile,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2: nec dubitamus multa esse, quae et nos praeterierint, Plin. H. N. praef. § 18.—

To pass by or over, i. e.

To pass over, leave out, omit, not mention:

quae nunc ego omnia praetereo ac relinquo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 106:

ut hoc praeteream, quod, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 3, 77, §

178: omitto jurisdictionem contra leges, caedes relinquo, libidines praetereo,

id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6:

et quod paene praeterii, Bruti tui causā feci omnia,

what I had nearly failed to mention, id. Att. 6, 3, 5:

aliquid silentio,

id. Brut. 22, 88:

praeteream, referamne tuum... Dedecus?

Ov. F. 6, 319:

ut nihil praeteream,

Plin. 2, 98, 101, § 220:

ne quid praetereatur,

id. 16, 10, 20, § 50.—

To pass over, omit, make no use of:

locus, qui praeteritus neglegentiā est,

Ter. Ad. prol. 14.—

To pass over, to omit, leave out, in reading or writing, Mart. 13, 3, 8:

litteras non modo, sed syllabas praeterit,

Suet. Aug. 88.—

To neglect or forget to do a thing, to omit, leave out, in action; with inf.:

verum, quod praeterii dicere, neque illa matrem, etc.,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 68:

quod sciscitari paene praeterivi,

App. M. 3, p. 139, 22.—With acc.:

nullum genus crudelitatis praeterire,

to leave unpractised, Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 4.— Pass.:

tantā vi dixisse ut nulla pars orationis silentio praeteriretur,

left without applause, Cic. Brut. 22, 88.—

In elections. legacies, invitations, donations, etc., to pass over, take no notice of, to neglect, reject, exclude any one:

populus solet nonnumquam dignos praeterire: nec, si a populo praeteritus est, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 3, 8:

cum sapiens et bonus vir suffragiis praeteritur,

id. Tusc. 5, 19, 54:

Philippus et Marcellus praetereuntur,

were passed by, received no appointment, Caes. B. C. 1, 6:

fratris filium praeteriit,

has passed by, bequeathed nothing to, Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41:

me quoque Romani praeteriere patres,

neglected me, forgot me, Ov. F. 5, 312:

quid repente factum, Quod sum praeteritus vetus sodalis?

Mart. 7, 86, 5:

si eum (filium) silentio praeterierit, inutiliter testabitur,

Gai. Inst. 2, 123.—

To go beyond, to surpass, excel:

hos nobilitate Mago Carthaginiensis praeteriit,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1:

virtus alios tua praeterit omnes,

Ov. P. 4, 7, 51:

ut Ajax praeteriit Telamonem,

Juv. 14, 214.—

To transgress:

justum praeterit ira modum,

due limits, Ov. F. 5, 304. —Hence,

praetĕrĕunter, adv., in passing, cursorily (eccl. Lat.):

loqui,

Aug. Tractat. 118, in Joann.—

praetĕrĭ-tus, a, um, P. a., gone by, past, past and gone, departed:

nec praeteritum tempus unquam revertitur,

Cic. Sen. 19, 69:

aetas,

id. ib. 2, 4:

anni,

Verg. A. 8, 560:

nox, Prop 2, 11 (3, 6), 9: culpa,

Ov. H. 20, 187:

labor,

Quint. 10, 7, 4:

secula,

id. 12, 4, 2:

vita,

Just. 42, 1:

viri,

dead and gone, departed, Prop. 2, 10, 52 (3, 5, 36):

negotiantes veniā in praeteritum donavit,

for the past, for their past conduct, Suet. Dom. 9:

praeteritā noc. te,

last night, Juv. 10, 235.—In gram.: tempus praeteritum, the past or preterit tense:

quaedam verba etiam mutantur, ut fero in praeterito,

Quint. 1, 4, 29.— Subst.: prae-tĕrĭta, ōrum, n., things gone by, the past:

sevocatus animus a contagione corporis meminit praeteritorum, praesentia cernit, futura praevidet,

Cic. Div. 1, 30, 63; id. Fat. 7, 14:

monet ut in reliquum tempus omnes suspiciones vitet: praeterita se fratri condonare dicit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

invidiam praeteritorum contemptu praesentium demere,

Just. 21, 5, 10.—Prov.:

praeterita mutare non possumus,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59 init. —In partic., Praetĕrĭta, ōrum, n., things passed over (Gr. paraleipomena), a name of the books of Chronicles, because they contain what had been omitted in the books of Kings, Hier. Ep. 18, n. 1.

praetĕr-ĕo, īvi, and more freq. ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( fut. praeteriet, Vulg. Sap. 1, 8; id. Ecclus. 39, 37; Juvenc. 4, 159), v. n. and a.

To go by or past, to pass by:

si nemo hac praeteriit,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 15:

ut arbitri sint, qui praetereant per vias,

id. Merc. 5, 4, 46:

praeteriens modo,

in passing by, Ter. And. 1, 5, 18:

quasi praeteriens satisfaciam universis,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 50; cf. id. Brut. 54, 200:

te praetereunte,

Juv. 3, 275.—Of impers. and abstract subjects: nec, quae praeteriit, iterum revocabitur unda nec quae praeteriit hora;

redire potest,

Ov. A. A. 3, 63:

nocte hac, quae praeteriit, proxima,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 3.—So of time:

biennium praeteriit cum ille cubitum nullum processerit,

Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3:

tertius jam praeteriit annus, cum interim, etc.,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 7.—

To be lost, disregarded, perish, pass away, pass without attention or fulfilment (late Lat.):

aut unus apex non praeteribit de lege,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 8:

figura hujus mundi,

id. 1 Cor. 7, 31; id. Eccl. 1, 4; 7, 1.—

Act., to go by or past, to pass by, overtake, pass a person or thing.

Lit.:

praeterire pistrinum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27:

jam hunc non ausim praeterire,

id. As. 3, 4, 15:

hortos,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3:

jam hos cursu, jam praeterit illos,

Verg. A. 4, 157:

Maura Pudicitiae cum praeterit aram,

Juv. 6, 308.— Pass.:

praeterita est virgo,

Ov. M. 10, 680.—Of inanim. subjects:

ripas Flumina praetereunt,

flow past their banks, Hor. C. 4, 7, 3.—

Trop.

To pass by an evil, to escape a danger:

nescis, quid mali Praeterieris,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 4.—

With neutr. adj., or a clause as subject, to escape one, i. e. to escape one's knowledge, be unknown to one:

non me praeterit... me longius prolapsum esse,

Cic. Caecin. 35, 101:

sed te non praeterit, quam sit difficile,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2: nec dubitamus multa esse, quae et nos praeterierint, Plin. H. N. praef. § 18.—

To pass by or over, i. e.

To pass over, leave out, omit, not mention:

quae nunc ego omnia praetereo ac relinquo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 106:

ut hoc praeteream, quod, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 3, 77, §

178: omitto jurisdictionem contra leges, caedes relinquo, libidines praetereo,

id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6:

et quod paene praeterii, Bruti tui causā feci omnia,

what I had nearly failed to mention, id. Att. 6, 3, 5:

aliquid silentio,

id. Brut. 22, 88:

praeteream, referamne tuum... Dedecus?

Ov. F. 6, 319:

ut nihil praeteream,

Plin. 2, 98, 101, § 220:

ne quid praetereatur,

id. 16, 10, 20, § 50.—

To pass over, omit, make no use of:

locus, qui praeteritus neglegentiā est,

Ter. Ad. prol. 14.—

To pass over, to omit, leave out, in reading or writing, Mart. 13, 3, 8:

litteras non modo, sed syllabas praeterit,

Suet. Aug. 88.—

To neglect or forget to do a thing, to omit, leave out, in action; with inf.:

verum, quod praeterii dicere, neque illa matrem, etc.,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 68:

quod sciscitari paene praeterivi,

App. M. 3, p. 139, 22.—With acc.:

nullum genus crudelitatis praeterire,

to leave unpractised, Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 4.— Pass.:

tantā vi dixisse ut nulla pars orationis silentio praeteriretur,

left without applause, Cic. Brut. 22, 88.—

In elections. legacies, invitations, donations, etc., to pass over, take no notice of, to neglect, reject, exclude any one:

populus solet nonnumquam dignos praeterire: nec, si a populo praeteritus est, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 3, 8:

cum sapiens et bonus vir suffragiis praeteritur,

id. Tusc. 5, 19, 54:

Philippus et Marcellus praetereuntur,

were passed by, received no appointment, Caes. B. C. 1, 6:

fratris filium praeteriit,

has passed by, bequeathed nothing to, Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41:

me quoque Romani praeteriere patres,

neglected me, forgot me, Ov. F. 5, 312:

quid repente factum, Quod sum praeteritus vetus sodalis?

Mart. 7, 86, 5:

si eum (filium) silentio praeterierit, inutiliter testabitur,

Gai. Inst. 2, 123.—

To go beyond, to surpass, excel:

hos nobilitate Mago Carthaginiensis praeteriit,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1:

virtus alios tua praeterit omnes,

Ov. P. 4, 7, 51:

ut Ajax praeteriit Telamonem,

Juv. 14, 214.—

To transgress:

justum praeterit ira modum,

due limits, Ov. F. 5, 304. —Hence,

praetĕrĕunter, adv., in passing, cursorily (eccl. Lat.):

loqui,

Aug. Tractat. 118, in Joann.—

praetĕrĭ-tus, a, um, P. a., gone by, past, past and gone, departed:

nec praeteritum tempus unquam revertitur,

Cic. Sen. 19, 69:

aetas,

id. ib. 2, 4:

anni,

Verg. A. 8, 560:

nox, Prop 2, 11 (3, 6), 9: culpa,

Ov. H. 20, 187:

labor,

Quint. 10, 7, 4:

secula,

id. 12, 4, 2:

vita,

Just. 42, 1:

viri,

dead and gone, departed, Prop. 2, 10, 52 (3, 5, 36):

negotiantes veniā in praeteritum donavit,

for the past, for their past conduct, Suet. Dom. 9:

praeteritā noc. te,

last night, Juv. 10, 235.—In gram.: tempus praeteritum, the past or preterit tense:

quaedam verba etiam mutantur, ut fero in praeterito,

Quint. 1, 4, 29.— Subst.: prae-tĕrĭta, ōrum, n., things gone by, the past:

sevocatus animus a contagione corporis meminit praeteritorum, praesentia cernit, futura praevidet,

Cic. Div. 1, 30, 63; id. Fat. 7, 14:

monet ut in reliquum tempus omnes suspiciones vitet: praeterita se fratri condonare dicit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

invidiam praeteritorum contemptu praesentium demere,

Just. 21, 5, 10.—Prov.:

praeterita mutare non possumus,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59 init. —In partic., Praetĕrĭta, ōrum, n., things passed over (Gr. paraleipomena), a name of the books of Chronicles, because they contain what had been omitted in the books of Kings, Hier. Ep. 18, n. 1.

fallo, fĕfelli, falsum, 3 (archaic inf. praes. pass. fallier, Pers. 3, 50; perf. pass. fefellitus sum, Petr. Fragm. 61, MSS.), v. a. [Sanscr. sphal, sphul, to waver; Gr. sphallô, a-sphalês], to deceive, trick, dupe, cheat, disappoint (freq. and class.; syn.: decipio, impono, frustror, circumvenio, emungo, fraudo).

In gen.

Of living objects:

T. Roscius non unum rei pecuniariae socium fefellit, verum novem homines honestissimos ejusdem muneris, etc.... induxit, decepit, destituit, omni fraude et perfidia fefellit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 116 sq.; so,

aliquem dolis,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 13; cf. id. Heaut. 3, 1, 61:

senem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 43:

referam gratiam, atque eas itidem fallam, ut ab illis fallimur,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 93: tu illum fructu fallas, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

id ipsum sui fallendi causa milites ab hostibus factum existimabant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 50, 2:

tum laqueis captare feras et fallere visco Inventum,

Verg. G. 1, 139; cf. Ov. M. 15, 474:

is enim sum, nisi me forte fallo, qui, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 21:

num me fefellit, Catilina, non modo res tanta, verum dies?

id. Cat. 1, 3, 7:

nisi me fallit animus,

id. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; cf.:

neque eum prima opinio fefellit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67, 3:

ne spes eum fallat,

Cic. Fam. 1, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 10, 4:

si in hominibus eligendis spes amicitiae nos fefellerit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 28:

in quo cum eum opinio fefellisset,

Nep. Ages. 3, 5:

nisi forte me animus fallit,

Sall. C. 20, 17:

nisi memoria me fallit,

fails me, Gell. 20, p. 285 Bip.:

nisi me omnia fallunt,

Cic. Att. 8, 7, 1; cf.:

omnia me fallunt, nisi, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 95 med.:

nisi quid me fallit,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 6; cf.:

si quid nunc me fallit in scribendo,

id. ib. 3, 5, 4:

dominum sterilis saepe fefellit ager,

Ov. A. A. 1, 450:

certe hercle hic se ipsus fallit, non ego,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 15:

tam libenter se fallunt, quam si una fata decipiunt,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1:

cum alios falleret, se ipsum tamen non fefellit,

Lact. 1, 22, 5.— Pass. in mid. force, to deceive one's self, be deceived, to err, be mistaken:

errore quodam fallimur in disputando,

Cic. Rep. 3, 35:

qua (spe) possumus falli: deus falli qui potuit?

id. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

memoriā falli,

Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 118:

jamque dies, nisi fallor, adest,

Verg. A. 5, 49; Cic. Att. 4, 17, 1; 16, 6, 2:

ni fallor,

Ov. F. 4, 623; Lact. 2, 19, 1; cf.:

ordinis haec virtus erit et venus, aut ego fallor,

Hor. A. P. 42.—With object-clause:

dicere non fallar, quo, etc.,

Luc. 7, 288:

quamquam haut falsa sum, nos odiosas haberi,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 4; cf.:

id quam facile sit mihi, haud sum falsus,

id. Men. 5, 2, 3; Ter. And. 4, 1, 23; Sall. J. 85, 20:

neque ea res falsum me habuit,

did not deceive me, id. ib. 10, 1:

ut falsus animi est!

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 43.—

Of inanim. or abstr. objects:

promissum,

not to fulfil, Curt. 7, 10, 9:

fidem hosti datam fallere,

to violate, break, betray, deceive, Cic. Off. 1, 13, 39:

quodsi meam spem vis improborum fefellerit atque superaverit,

id. Cat. 4, 11, 23; cf. id. de Or. 1, 1, 2:

non fallam opinionem tuam,

id. Fam. 1, 6 fin.; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 86 fin.:

imperium,

to fail to execute, Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125:

cum lubrica saxa vestigium fallerent,

betrayed, Curt. 4, 9.— Poet.:

tu faciem illius Falle dolo,

imitate deceptively, assume, Verg. A. 1, 684:

sua terga nocturno lupo,

i. e. to hide, conceal, Prop. 4, 5, 14:

casses, retia,

to shun, avoid, Ov. H. 20, 45; 190. —

Absol.: neque quo pacto fallam... Scio quicquam, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29 fin.:

cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41:

ea (divinatio) fallit fortasse nonnumquam,

id. Div. 1, 14, 25:

non in sortitione fallere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 132:

in ea re,

Nep. Them. 7, 2; Cels. 7, 26, 2: ne falleret bis relata eadem res, Liv. 29, 35, 2:

ut, si quid possent, de induciis fallendo impetrarent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 13, 5:

germinat et numquam fallentis termes olivae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 45:

plerumque sufflati atque tumidi (oratores) fallunt pro uberibus,

Gell. 7, 14, 5.—

Impers.: fallit (me) I deceive myself, I mistake, am mistaken:

sed nos, nisi me fallit, jacebimus,

Cic. Att. 14, 12, 2; cf.:

nisi me propter benevolentiam forte fallebat,

id. Cael. 19, 45; id. Sest. 50, 106:

nec eum fefellit,

id. Off. 2, 7, 25:

vide, ne te fallat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 25. And cf. under II. B. 2.

In partic.

To deceive in swearing, to swear falsely:

is jurare cum coepisset, vox eum defecit in illo loco: SI SCIENS FALLO,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; cf.:

lapidem silicem tenebant juraturi per Jovem haec verba dicentes: SI SCIENS FALLO, TVM ME DISPITER, etc., Paul. ex Fest. s. v. lapidem, p. 115 Müll.: si sciens fefellisset,

Plin. Pan. 64, 3; cf. Liv. 21, 45, 8; Prop. 4, 7, 53:

expedit matris cineres opertos Fallere,

i. e. to swear falsely by the ashes of your mother, Hor. C. 2, 8, 10.—

With respect to one's knowledge or sight, for the more usual latēre: to lie concealed from, to escape the notice, elude the observation of a person (so in Cic., Sall., and Caes. for the most part only impers., v. 2. infra).

With acc.:

neque enim hoc te, Crasse, fallit, quam multa sint et quam varia genera dicendi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

tanto silentio in summum evasere, ut non custodes solum fallerent, sed, etc.,

Liv. 5, 47, 3:

nec fefellit veniens ducem,

id. 2, 19, 7; Curt. 7, 6, 4; cf.:

quin et Atridas duce te (Mercurio)... Priamus... Thessalosque ignes et iniqua Trojae Castra fefellit,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 16:

quos fallere et effugere est triumphus,

id. ib. 4, 4, 52:

Spartacum si qua potuit vagantem Fallere testa,

id. ib. 3, 14, 20; Suet. Caes. 43:

nec te Pythagorae fallant arcana,

Hor. Epod. 15, 21; id. Ep. 1, 6, 45:

nec quicquam eos, quae terra marique agerentur, fallebat,

Liv. 41, 2, 1 Drak.:

ut plebem tribunosque falleret judicii rescindendi consilium initum,

id. 4, 11, 4:

tanta celeritate, ut visum fallant,

Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157:

oculos littera fallit,

cannot be distinctly read, Ov. A. A. 3, 627.— With acc. and inf.:

neutros fefellit hostes appropinquare,

Liv. 31, 33, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.—Mid. with gen.:

nec satis exaudiebam, nec sermonis fallebar tamen,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 55.—

Absol., to escape notice, be unseen, remain undiscovered:

speculator Carthaginiensium, qui per biennium fefellerat, Romae deprehensus,

Liv. 22, 33, 1; 25, 9, 2:

spes fallendi, resistendive, si non falleret,

of remaining unnoticed, id. 21, 57, 5:

non fefellere ad Tifernum hostes instructi,

id. 10, 14, 6.—So with part. perf., Liv. 42, 64, 3; 23, 19, 11.—With part. pres.: ne alio itinere hostis falleret ad urbem incedens, i. e. arrive secretly, lanthanoi prosiôn, Liv. 8, 20, 5; cf. id. 5, 47, 9; Verg. A. 7, 350:

nec vixit male, qui natus moriensque fefellit,

i. e. has remained unnoticed, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 10:

fallere pro aliquo,

to pass for, Gell. 7, 14:

bonus longe fallente sagitta,

Verg. A. 9, 572.—

Impers.: fallit (me), it is concealed from me, unknown to me, I do not know, am ignorant of (for the most part only with negatives or in negative interrogations), constr. with subject-clause:

non me fefellit: sensi,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 64:

num me fefellit, hosce id struere?

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 3; cf.:

in lege nulla esse ejusmodi capita, te non fallit,

Cic. Att. 3, 23, 4:

nec me animi fallit, etc.,

Lucr. 1, 136; 5, 97:

quem fallit?

who does not know? Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 233:

neque vero Caesarem fefellit, quin, etc.,

Caes. B C. 3, 94, 3.—

To cause any thing (space, time, etc.) not to be observed or felt, to lighten any thing difficult, or to appease, silence any thing disagreeable, to beguile ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

medias fallunt sermonibus horas Sentirique moram prohibent,

Ov. M. 8, 652:

jam somno fallere curam,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 114:

Fallebat curas aegraque corda labor,

Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 16; cf.

dolores,

id. ib. 5, 7, 39:

luctum,

Val. Fl. 3, 319:

molliter austerum studio fallente laborem,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 12; Ov. M. 6, 60; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 49.—Prov.:

fallere credentem non est operosa puellam Gloria,

Ov. H. 2, 63.—Hence, falsus, a, um, P. a., deceptive, pretended, feigned, deceitful, spurious, false (syn.: adulterinus, subditus, subditicius, spurius).

[p. 722] Adj.:

testes aut casu veri aut malitia falsi fictique esse possunt,

Cic. Div. 2, 11, 27; cf.:

falsum est id totum, neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

id. Rep. 2, 15:

ementita et falsa plenaque erroris,

id. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

pro re certa spem falsam domum retulerunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; cf.:

spe falsa atque fallaci,

id. Phil. 12, 2, 7; so,

spes,

id. Sull. 82, 91:

falsa et mendacia visa,

id. Div. 2, 62, 127; cf.:

falsa et inania visa,

id. ib.:

falsum et imitatione simulatum,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 189; cf. id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

argumentum,

id. Inv. 1, 48, 90:

qui falsas lites falsis testimoniis Petunt,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 13:

reperiuntur falsi falsimoniis,

id. Bacch. 3, 6, 12:

ambitio multos mortales falsos fieri subegit,

Sall. C. 10, 5 Kritz.:

pater (opp. verus),

a supposed father, Ov. M. 9, 24; cf. id. ib. 1, 754:

falsi ac festinantes,

Tac. A. 1, 7: suspectio, Enn. ap. Non. 511, 5:

nuntius,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

rumores,

Caes. B. G. 6, 20, 2:

poena falsarum et corruptarum litterarum,

Cic. Fl. 17, 39; cf.:

falsas esse litteras et a scriba vitiatas,

Liv. 40, 55, 1:

falsarum tabularum rei,

Suet. Aug. 19:

fama,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

appellatio,

Quint. 7, 3, 5:

sententiae,

id. 8, 5, 7:

crimina,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 14;

terrores,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 212:

opprobria,

i. e. undeserved, id. ib. 1, 16, 38; cf.

honor,

id. ib. 39: falsi Simoëntis ad undam, i. e. fictitious (simulati), Verg. A. 3, 302; cf.:

falsi sequimur vestigia tauri (i. e. Jovis),

Val. Fl. 8, 265:

vultu simulans Haliagmona,

Stat. Th. 7, 739:

ita ceteros terruere, ut adesse omnem exercitum trepidi ac falsi nuntiarent,

Tac. H. 2, 17:

ne illi falsi sunt qui divorsissumas res pariter expectant,

deceived, mistaken, Sall. J. 85, 20; cf.:

falsus utinam vates sim,

Liv. 21, 10, 10; so,

vates,

id. 4, 46, 5.— Comp. (rare):

quanto est abjectior et falsior ista (theologia),

Aug. Civ. D. 7, 5 fin.:

nihil est hominum inepta persuasione falsius,

Petr. 132; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 11 Müll.— Sup.:

id autem falsissimum est,

Col. 1, 6, 17.—

With gen.:

Felix appellatur Arabia, falsi et ingrati cognominis,

Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 82.—

False, counterfeit, spurious, = adulterinus (late Lat.): moneta, Cod. Th. 9, 21, 9.—

As subst.

falsus, i, m., a liar, deceiver:

Spurinnam ut falsum arguens,

a false prophet, Suet. Caes. 81 fin.; id. Tib. 14.—

falsum, i, n., falsehood, fraud:

ex falsis verum effici non potest,

Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106; cf.:

veris falsa remiscet,

Hor. A. P. 151:

vero distinguere falsum,

id. Ep. 1, 10, 29:

falsum scripseram,

Cic. Att. 7, 14, 2; Quint. 7, 2, 53:

ex illa causa falsi,

i. e. of fraud, Dig. 48, 10 (De lege Cornelia de falsis), 1;

v. the whole title: acclinis falsis animus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 6:

nec obstitit falsis Tiberius,

Tac. A. 2, 82:

simulationum falsa,

id. ib. 6, 46 et saep.—Adverb.:

telisque non in falsum jactis,

i. e. not at random, with effect, Tac. A. 4, 50 fin.:

jurare falsum,

Ov. Am. 3, 3, 11.— Adv., untruly, erroneously, unfaithfully, wrongly, falsely; in two forms, falso and false.

falso:

eho mavis vituperari falso, quam vero extolli?

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 21 sq.; cf. id. Trin. 1, 2, 173;

so opp. vero,

Curt. 5, 2, 2: ei rei dant operam, ut mihi falso maledicatur, Cato ap. Charis. p. 179 P.: falso criminare, Enn. ap. Non. 470, 16:

neque me perpetiar probri Falso insimulatam,

id. Am. 3, 2, 7; 21; cf.:

non possum quemquam insimulare falso,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 107:

falso memoriae proditum,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

cum Tarquinius... vivere falso diceretur,

id. Rep. 2, 21; cf.:

adesse ejus equites falso nuntiabantur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 1:

cum utrumque falso fingerent,

Liv. 42, 2:

falso in me conferri,

Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2: aliquem falso occidere, i. e. by mistake, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 179 P.; cf.:

ut miseri parentes quos falso lugent, vivere sciant,

Liv. 34, 32, 13; and:

falso lamentari eas Darium vivum,

Curt. 3, 12:

falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum,

Sall. J. 1:

falso plurima volgus amat,

Tib. 3, 3, 20 (so perh. also in Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 141, non assentiar saepe falso, instead of false).—Ellipt.: Da. Si quid narrare occepi, continuo dari tibi verba censes. Si. Falso, Ter. And. 3, 2, 24; cf.:

atqui in talibus rebus aliud utile interdum, aliud honestum videri solet. Falso: nam, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 18, 74; so Quint. 2, 17, 12; Nep. Alc. 9:

quia inter inpotentes et validos falso quiescas, = quia falluntur qui putant quiesci posse,

Tac. Germ. 36.—

false (very rare): judicium false factum, Sisenn. ap. Charis. p. 179; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 78 Fleck. (Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 141 dub., B. and K., al. falso).— Sup.:

quae adversus haec falsissime disputantur,

Aug. Conf. 10, 13.

fallo, fĕfelli, falsum, 3 (archaic inf. praes. pass. fallier, Pers. 3, 50; perf. pass. fefellitus sum, Petr. Fragm. 61, MSS.), v. a. [Sanscr. sphal, sphul, to waver; Gr. sphallô, a-sphalês], to deceive, trick, dupe, cheat, disappoint (freq. and class.; syn.: decipio, impono, frustror, circumvenio, emungo, fraudo).

In gen.

Of living objects:

T. Roscius non unum rei pecuniariae socium fefellit, verum novem homines honestissimos ejusdem muneris, etc.... induxit, decepit, destituit, omni fraude et perfidia fefellit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 116 sq.; so,

aliquem dolis,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 13; cf. id. Heaut. 3, 1, 61:

senem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 43:

referam gratiam, atque eas itidem fallam, ut ab illis fallimur,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 93: tu illum fructu fallas, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

id ipsum sui fallendi causa milites ab hostibus factum existimabant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 50, 2:

tum laqueis captare feras et fallere visco Inventum,

Verg. G. 1, 139; cf. Ov. M. 15, 474:

is enim sum, nisi me forte fallo, qui, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 21:

num me fefellit, Catilina, non modo res tanta, verum dies?

id. Cat. 1, 3, 7:

nisi me fallit animus,

id. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; cf.:

neque eum prima opinio fefellit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67, 3:

ne spes eum fallat,

Cic. Fam. 1, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 10, 4:

si in hominibus eligendis spes amicitiae nos fefellerit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 28:

in quo cum eum opinio fefellisset,

Nep. Ages. 3, 5:

nisi forte me animus fallit,

Sall. C. 20, 17:

nisi memoria me fallit,

fails me, Gell. 20, p. 285 Bip.:

nisi me omnia fallunt,

Cic. Att. 8, 7, 1; cf.:

omnia me fallunt, nisi, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 95 med.:

nisi quid me fallit,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 6; cf.:

si quid nunc me fallit in scribendo,

id. ib. 3, 5, 4:

dominum sterilis saepe fefellit ager,

Ov. A. A. 1, 450:

certe hercle hic se ipsus fallit, non ego,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 15:

tam libenter se fallunt, quam si una fata decipiunt,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1:

cum alios falleret, se ipsum tamen non fefellit,

Lact. 1, 22, 5.— Pass. in mid. force, to deceive one's self, be deceived, to err, be mistaken:

errore quodam fallimur in disputando,

Cic. Rep. 3, 35:

qua (spe) possumus falli: deus falli qui potuit?

id. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

memoriā falli,

Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 118:

jamque dies, nisi fallor, adest,

Verg. A. 5, 49; Cic. Att. 4, 17, 1; 16, 6, 2:

ni fallor,

Ov. F. 4, 623; Lact. 2, 19, 1; cf.:

ordinis haec virtus erit et venus, aut ego fallor,

Hor. A. P. 42.—With object-clause:

dicere non fallar, quo, etc.,

Luc. 7, 288:

quamquam haut falsa sum, nos odiosas haberi,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 4; cf.:

id quam facile sit mihi, haud sum falsus,

id. Men. 5, 2, 3; Ter. And. 4, 1, 23; Sall. J. 85, 20:

neque ea res falsum me habuit,

did not deceive me, id. ib. 10, 1:

ut falsus animi est!

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 43.—

Of inanim. or abstr. objects:

promissum,

not to fulfil, Curt. 7, 10, 9:

fidem hosti datam fallere,

to violate, break, betray, deceive, Cic. Off. 1, 13, 39:

quodsi meam spem vis improborum fefellerit atque superaverit,

id. Cat. 4, 11, 23; cf. id. de Or. 1, 1, 2:

non fallam opinionem tuam,

id. Fam. 1, 6 fin.; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 86 fin.:

imperium,

to fail to execute, Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125:

cum lubrica saxa vestigium fallerent,

betrayed, Curt. 4, 9.— Poet.:

tu faciem illius Falle dolo,

imitate deceptively, assume, Verg. A. 1, 684:

sua terga nocturno lupo,

i. e. to hide, conceal, Prop. 4, 5, 14:

casses, retia,

to shun, avoid, Ov. H. 20, 45; 190. —

Absol.: neque quo pacto fallam... Scio quicquam, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29 fin.:

cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41:

ea (divinatio) fallit fortasse nonnumquam,

id. Div. 1, 14, 25:

non in sortitione fallere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 132:

in ea re,

Nep. Them. 7, 2; Cels. 7, 26, 2: ne falleret bis relata eadem res, Liv. 29, 35, 2:

ut, si quid possent, de induciis fallendo impetrarent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 13, 5:

germinat et numquam fallentis termes olivae,

Hor. Epod. 16, 45:

plerumque sufflati atque tumidi (oratores) fallunt pro uberibus,

Gell. 7, 14, 5.—

Impers.: fallit (me) I deceive myself, I mistake, am mistaken:

sed nos, nisi me fallit, jacebimus,

Cic. Att. 14, 12, 2; cf.:

nisi me propter benevolentiam forte fallebat,

id. Cael. 19, 45; id. Sest. 50, 106:

nec eum fefellit,

id. Off. 2, 7, 25:

vide, ne te fallat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 25. And cf. under II. B. 2.

In partic.

To deceive in swearing, to swear falsely:

is jurare cum coepisset, vox eum defecit in illo loco: SI SCIENS FALLO,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; cf.:

lapidem silicem tenebant juraturi per Jovem haec verba dicentes: SI SCIENS FALLO, TVM ME DISPITER, etc., Paul. ex Fest. s. v. lapidem, p. 115 Müll.: si sciens fefellisset,

Plin. Pan. 64, 3; cf. Liv. 21, 45, 8; Prop. 4, 7, 53:

expedit matris cineres opertos Fallere,

i. e. to swear falsely by the ashes of your mother, Hor. C. 2, 8, 10.—

With respect to one's knowledge or sight, for the more usual latēre: to lie concealed from, to escape the notice, elude the observation of a person (so in Cic., Sall., and Caes. for the most part only impers., v. 2. infra).

With acc.:

neque enim hoc te, Crasse, fallit, quam multa sint et quam varia genera dicendi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

tanto silentio in summum evasere, ut non custodes solum fallerent, sed, etc.,

Liv. 5, 47, 3:

nec fefellit veniens ducem,

id. 2, 19, 7; Curt. 7, 6, 4; cf.:

quin et Atridas duce te (Mercurio)... Priamus... Thessalosque ignes et iniqua Trojae Castra fefellit,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 16:

quos fallere et effugere est triumphus,

id. ib. 4, 4, 52:

Spartacum si qua potuit vagantem Fallere testa,

id. ib. 3, 14, 20; Suet. Caes. 43:

nec te Pythagorae fallant arcana,

Hor. Epod. 15, 21; id. Ep. 1, 6, 45:

nec quicquam eos, quae terra marique agerentur, fallebat,

Liv. 41, 2, 1 Drak.:

ut plebem tribunosque falleret judicii rescindendi consilium initum,

id. 4, 11, 4:

tanta celeritate, ut visum fallant,

Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157:

oculos littera fallit,

cannot be distinctly read, Ov. A. A. 3, 627.— With acc. and inf.:

neutros fefellit hostes appropinquare,

Liv. 31, 33, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.—Mid. with gen.:

nec satis exaudiebam, nec sermonis fallebar tamen,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 55.—

Absol., to escape notice, be unseen, remain undiscovered:

speculator Carthaginiensium, qui per biennium fefellerat, Romae deprehensus,

Liv. 22, 33, 1; 25, 9, 2:

spes fallendi, resistendive, si non falleret,

of remaining unnoticed, id. 21, 57, 5:

non fefellere ad Tifernum hostes instructi,

id. 10, 14, 6.—So with part. perf., Liv. 42, 64, 3; 23, 19, 11.—With part. pres.: ne alio itinere hostis falleret ad urbem incedens, i. e. arrive secretly, lanthanoi prosiôn, Liv. 8, 20, 5; cf. id. 5, 47, 9; Verg. A. 7, 350:

nec vixit male, qui natus moriensque fefellit,

i. e. has remained unnoticed, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 10:

fallere pro aliquo,

to pass for, Gell. 7, 14:

bonus longe fallente sagitta,

Verg. A. 9, 572.—

Impers.: fallit (me), it is concealed from me, unknown to me, I do not know, am ignorant of (for the most part only with negatives or in negative interrogations), constr. with subject-clause:

non me fefellit: sensi,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 64:

num me fefellit, hosce id struere?

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 3; cf.:

in lege nulla esse ejusmodi capita, te non fallit,

Cic. Att. 3, 23, 4:

nec me animi fallit, etc.,

Lucr. 1, 136; 5, 97:

quem fallit?

who does not know? Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 233:

neque vero Caesarem fefellit, quin, etc.,

Caes. B C. 3, 94, 3.—

To cause any thing (space, time, etc.) not to be observed or felt, to lighten any thing difficult, or to appease, silence any thing disagreeable, to beguile ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

medias fallunt sermonibus horas Sentirique moram prohibent,

Ov. M. 8, 652:

jam somno fallere curam,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 114:

Fallebat curas aegraque corda labor,

Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 16; cf.

dolores,

id. ib. 5, 7, 39:

luctum,

Val. Fl. 3, 319:

molliter austerum studio fallente laborem,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 12; Ov. M. 6, 60; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 49.—Prov.:

fallere credentem non est operosa puellam Gloria,

Ov. H. 2, 63.—Hence, falsus, a, um, P. a., deceptive, pretended, feigned, deceitful, spurious, false (syn.: adulterinus, subditus, subditicius, spurius).

[p. 722] Adj.:

testes aut casu veri aut malitia falsi fictique esse possunt,

Cic. Div. 2, 11, 27; cf.:

falsum est id totum, neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

id. Rep. 2, 15:

ementita et falsa plenaque erroris,

id. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

pro re certa spem falsam domum retulerunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; cf.:

spe falsa atque fallaci,

id. Phil. 12, 2, 7; so,

spes,

id. Sull. 82, 91:

falsa et mendacia visa,

id. Div. 2, 62, 127; cf.:

falsa et inania visa,

id. ib.:

falsum et imitatione simulatum,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 189; cf. id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

argumentum,

id. Inv. 1, 48, 90:

qui falsas lites falsis testimoniis Petunt,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 13:

reperiuntur falsi falsimoniis,

id. Bacch. 3, 6, 12:

ambitio multos mortales falsos fieri subegit,

Sall. C. 10, 5 Kritz.:

pater (opp. verus),

a supposed father, Ov. M. 9, 24; cf. id. ib. 1, 754:

falsi ac festinantes,

Tac. A. 1, 7: suspectio, Enn. ap. Non. 511, 5:

nuntius,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

rumores,

Caes. B. G. 6, 20, 2:

poena falsarum et corruptarum litterarum,

Cic. Fl. 17, 39; cf.:

falsas esse litteras et a scriba vitiatas,

Liv. 40, 55, 1:

falsarum tabularum rei,

Suet. Aug. 19:

fama,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

appellatio,

Quint. 7, 3, 5:

sententiae,

id. 8, 5, 7:

crimina,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 14;

terrores,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 212:

opprobria,

i. e. undeserved, id. ib. 1, 16, 38; cf.

honor,

id. ib. 39: falsi Simoëntis ad undam, i. e. fictitious (simulati), Verg. A. 3, 302; cf.:

falsi sequimur vestigia tauri (i. e. Jovis),

Val. Fl. 8, 265:

vultu simulans Haliagmona,

Stat. Th. 7, 739:

ita ceteros terruere, ut adesse omnem exercitum trepidi ac falsi nuntiarent,

Tac. H. 2, 17:

ne illi falsi sunt qui divorsissumas res pariter expectant,

deceived, mistaken, Sall. J. 85, 20; cf.:

falsus utinam vates sim,

Liv. 21, 10, 10; so,

vates,

id. 4, 46, 5.— Comp. (rare):

quanto est abjectior et falsior ista (theologia),

Aug. Civ. D. 7, 5 fin.:

nihil est hominum inepta persuasione falsius,

Petr. 132; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 11 Müll.— Sup.:

id autem falsissimum est,

Col. 1, 6, 17.—

With gen.:

Felix appellatur Arabia, falsi et ingrati cognominis,

Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 82.—

False, counterfeit, spurious, = adulterinus (late Lat.): moneta, Cod. Th. 9, 21, 9.—

As subst.

falsus, i, m., a liar, deceiver:

Spurinnam ut falsum arguens,

a false prophet, Suet. Caes. 81 fin.; id. Tib. 14.—

falsum, i, n., falsehood, fraud:

ex falsis verum effici non potest,

Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106; cf.:

veris falsa remiscet,

Hor. A. P. 151:

vero distinguere falsum,

id. Ep. 1, 10, 29:

falsum scripseram,

Cic. Att. 7, 14, 2; Quint. 7, 2, 53:

ex illa causa falsi,

i. e. of fraud, Dig. 48, 10 (De lege Cornelia de falsis), 1;

v. the whole title: acclinis falsis animus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 6:

nec obstitit falsis Tiberius,

Tac. A. 2, 82:

simulationum falsa,

id. ib. 6, 46 et saep.—Adverb.:

telisque non in falsum jactis,

i. e. not at random, with effect, Tac. A. 4, 50 fin.:

jurare falsum,

Ov. Am. 3, 3, 11.— Adv., untruly, erroneously, unfaithfully, wrongly, falsely; in two forms, falso and false.

falso:

eho mavis vituperari falso, quam vero extolli?

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 21 sq.; cf. id. Trin. 1, 2, 173;

so opp. vero,

Curt. 5, 2, 2: ei rei dant operam, ut mihi falso maledicatur, Cato ap. Charis. p. 179 P.: falso criminare, Enn. ap. Non. 470, 16:

neque me perpetiar probri Falso insimulatam,

id. Am. 3, 2, 7; 21; cf.:

non possum quemquam insimulare falso,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 107:

falso memoriae proditum,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

cum Tarquinius... vivere falso diceretur,

id. Rep. 2, 21; cf.:

adesse ejus equites falso nuntiabantur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 1:

cum utrumque falso fingerent,

Liv. 42, 2:

falso in me conferri,

Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2: aliquem falso occidere, i. e. by mistake, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 179 P.; cf.:

ut miseri parentes quos falso lugent, vivere sciant,

Liv. 34, 32, 13; and:

falso lamentari eas Darium vivum,

Curt. 3, 12:

falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum,

Sall. J. 1:

falso plurima volgus amat,

Tib. 3, 3, 20 (so perh. also in Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 141, non assentiar saepe falso, instead of false).—Ellipt.: Da. Si quid narrare occepi, continuo dari tibi verba censes. Si. Falso, Ter. And. 3, 2, 24; cf.:

atqui in talibus rebus aliud utile interdum, aliud honestum videri solet. Falso: nam, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 18, 74; so Quint. 2, 17, 12; Nep. Alc. 9:

quia inter inpotentes et validos falso quiescas, = quia falluntur qui putant quiesci posse,

Tac. Germ. 36.—

false (very rare): judicium false factum, Sisenn. ap. Charis. p. 179; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 78 Fleck. (Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 141 dub., B. and K., al. falso).— Sup.:

quae adversus haec falsissime disputantur,

Aug. Conf. 10, 13.

ex-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall out or down, to fall from (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

Lit.

In gen.: quod (animal) cum ex utero elapsum excidit, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128:

sol excidisse mihi e mundo videtur,

id. Att. 9, 10, 3:

gladii de manibus exciderunt,

id. Pis. 9 fin.; cf. id. Phil. 12, 3, 8; id. Cat. 1, 6 fin.;

for which also: inter manus (urna),

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 22; and:

a digitis (ansa),

Ov. H. 16, 252:

Palinurus exciderat puppi,

Verg. A. 6, 339; cf.

arce,

Ov. F. 5, 34:

equis,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1164:

num qui nummi exciderunt, here, tibi, quod sic terram Obtuere?

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 17; cf. id. Cist. 4, 2, 8; id. Merc. 3, 1, 44; id. Poen. 1, 2, 48:

volvae excidunt,

Plin. 36, 21, 39, § 151.— Poet.:

ita vinclis Excidet aut in aquas tenues dilapsus abibit,

will slip out of the fetters, Verg. G. 4, 410:

in flumen (elephanti, sc. e rate),

Liv. 21, 28 fin.:

cum Herculis pertractanti arma sagitta excidisset in pedem,

Plin. 25, 6, 30, § 66:

ante pedes (lingua resecta),

Ov. Ib. 536.—

In partic., of a lot, to fall of come out (very rare):

ut cujusque sors exciderat,

Liv. 21, 42, 3;

and hence, transf.: nominibus in urnam conjectis, citari quod primum sorte nomen excidit,

id. 23, 3, 7.

Trop.

In gen., to fall out involuntarily, fall from, slip out, escape:

verbum ex ore alicujus,

Cic. Sull. 26; cf.:

vox excidit ore: Venisti tandem, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 686:

tantumque nefas patrio excidit ore?

id. ib. 2, 658; cf.:

scelus ore tuo,

Ov. M. 7, 172:

quod verbum tibi non excidit, ut saepe fit, fortuito,

Cic. Phil. 10, 2 fin.; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 23; 7, 2, 52; 9, 4, 41 al.:

libellus me imprudente et invito excidit,

escaped me without my knowledge or desire, Cic. de Or. 1, 21; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 5:

vox horrenda per auras excidit,

Verg. A. 9, 113:

et pariter vultusque deo plectrumque colorque Excidit,

Ov. M. 2, 602; cf. id. ib. 4, 176:

ut quodammodo victoria e manibus excideret,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 10, 2:

(versus) qui in breves excidunt,

i. e. which close, terminate, Quint. 9, 4, 106.— Poet.: in vitium libertas excidit, qs. falls away, sinks, = delabitur, Hor. A. P. 282.—

In partic.

To dissent, differ from any one's opinion: ego ab Archilocho excido, Lucil. ap. Non. 301, 18.—

To pass away, be lost, perish, disappear:

neque enim verendum est, ne quid excidat aut ne quid in terram defluat,

Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

primo miser excidit aevo,

Prop. 3, 7, 7 (4, 6, 7 M.):

nec vera virtus, cum semel excidit, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 30:

at non ingenio quaesitum nomen ab aevo Excidet,

Prop. 3, 2, 24 (4, 1, 64 M.):

excidit omnis luctus,

Ov. M. 8, 448:

ne Tarentinae quidem arcis excidit memoria,

Liv. 27, 3 fin.; cf. the foll.—Esp.

To fail, faint, swoon, lose one's self:

excidit illa metu, rupitque novissima verba,

Ov. A. A. 1, 5, 39; cf.: ut scias quemadmodum nunquam excidam mihi, lose control of myself (through drink), Sen. de Ira, 3, 14, 1:

quis me dolori reddit? quam bene excideram mihi!

Sen. Hippol. 589 sq. —

To slip out, escape from the memory:

excidere de memoria,

Liv. 29, 19 fin.:

exciderat pacis mentio ex omnium animis,

id. 34, 37; cf.

animo,

Verg. A. 1, 26; Ov. H. 20, 188;

and pectore,

id. Pont. 2, 4, 24:

o miram memoriam, Pomponi, tuam! at mihi ista exciderant,

Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 46; so with dat.:

quae cogitatio, cum mihi non omnino excidisset, etc.,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 2; id. Att. 6, 1, 7; Quint. 4, 5, 4; 10, 1, 75; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 20; 4 (5), 7, 15 et saep.; cf. with a subjectclause:

non excidit mihi, scripsisse me, etc.,

Quint. 2, 3, 10.— Absol.:

quid? non haec varietas mira est, excidere proxima, vetera inhaerere? hesternorum immemores acta pueritiae recordari,

id. 11, 2, 6; 1, 12, 6; 4, 2, 91; 4, 5, 2; cf. with inf. clause:

si calore dicendi vitare id excidisset,

id. 11, 3, 130; and with ut:

excidit, ut peterem, etc.,

i. e. I forgot to beg, Ov. M. 14, 139.—Rarely transf. to the person:

excidens,

who forgets, forgetful, Quint. 11, 2, 19:

palam moneri excidentis est,

id. 11, 3, 132.—

(Ex) aliquā re, of persons, to be deprived of, to lose, miss, forfeit (esp. freq. since the Aug. per.;

in Cic. not at all): ex familia,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 104:

uxore,

to be disappointed of, Ter. And. 2, 5, 12:

regno,

Curt. 10, 5:

quem si non tenuit, magnis tamen excidit ausis,

failed in a great attempt, Ov. M. 2, 328; cf.:

fine medicinae,

Quint. 2, 17, 25:

genere,

id. 1, 5, 16: qui apud privatos judices plus petendo formula excidissent, i. e. who lost their suits (for the usual cadere formulā or [p. 677] causā;

v. cado, II.),

Suet. Claud. 14; Sen. Clem. 2, 3.

ex-cīdo, īdi, īsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut out or off, to hew out, to cut or hew down (class.).

Lit.:

lapides e terra,

Cic. Off. 2, 3 fin.:

omnes arbores longe lateque,

Caes. B. C. 2, 15, 1; cf.:

excisa enim est arbor, non evulsa,

Cic. Att. 15, 4, 2: exciditur ilex (with percellunt magnas quercus), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. 194 ed. Vahl.):

arborem e stirpe,

Dig. 43, 27, 1:

ericium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67 fin.:

radicem,

Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 82:

columnas rupibus,

Verg. A. 1, 428; cf.:

rubos arvis,

Quint. 9, 4, 5: linguam alicui, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1 fin.:

partum mulieri,

Dig. 11, 8, 2:

os,

Cels. 8, 3:

virilitatem,

i. e. to castrate, geld, Quint. 5, 12, 17;

for which also, se,

Ov. F. 4, 361; cf. Dig. 48, 8, 4 fin.:

vias per montes,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 125:

latus rupis in antrum,

Verg. A. 6, 42; cf.:

vasa anaglypta in asperitatem,

i. e. wrought with raised figures, Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 139: exciderat eum (sc. obeliscum) rex, majusque opus in devehendo statuendove multo quam in excidendo, i. e. cut out in the quarry, Plin. 36, 8, 14, § 67; absol., id. ib. § 65.—

Transf., in gen., to raze, demolish, lay waste, destroy:

qui domos inimicorum suorum oppugnavit, excidit, incendit,

Cic. Sest. 44:

Numantiam,

id. Off. 1. 22, 76; cf.

Trojam,

Verg. A. 2, 637:

urbem,

id. ib. 12, 762:

oppida,

Lact. 1, 18, 8:

Germaniam,

Vell. 2, 123 fin.:

agrum,

id. 2, 115:

exercitum,

i. e. to cut to pieces, annihilate, id. 2, 120, 3.—

Trop., to extirpate, remove, banish:

aliquid ex animo,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43; cf.:

iram animis, Sen. de Ira, 3, 1: aliquem numero civium,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 6.