fallax

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fallax (“deceptive”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfæləks/ === Noun === fallax (plural fallaxes) (obsolete) cavillation; petty criticism ==== Related terms ==== fallacy === References === “fallax”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology === From fallō (“I deceive”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfal.laːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfal.laks] === Adjective === fallāx (genitive fallācis, comparative fallācior, superlative fallācissimus, adverb fallāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective deceptive, deceitful fallacious, spurious ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: fal·laç Galician: falaz Italian: fallace Portuguese: falaz Spanish: falaz English: fallacy === References === “fallax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fallax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “fallax”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.