falsus
Perfect passive participle from fallō (“deceive, trick; mistake”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfal.sus/, [ˈfäɫ̪s̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfal.sus/, [ˈfälsus]
Participle
falsus (feminine falsa, neuter falsum, superlative falsissimus); first/second-declension participle
- deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having been deceived
- mistaken, having been mistaken, having deceived myself
- appeased, beguiled, having been appeased
- sworn falsely, perjured, having been sworn falsely
- (by extension) false, untrue
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | falsus | falsa | falsum | falsī | falsae | falsa | |
| Genitive | falsī | falsae | falsī | falsōrum | falsārum | falsōrum | |
| Dative | falsō | falsō | falsīs | ||||
| Accusative | falsum | falsam | falsum | falsōs | falsās | falsa | |
| Ablative | falsō | falsā | falsō | falsīs | |||
| Vocative | false | falsa | falsum | falsī | falsae | falsa | |