wrong (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. prāvus (having a false direction; opp. to rectus)2. perversus3. falsus (false, mistaken)4. ăliēnus (unsuitable)5. vĭtiōsus (faulty)6. injustus (unjust)7. ĭnīquus • wrong (adj.): 1. prāvus (having a false direction; opp. to rectus): than which nothing can be more w., quo nihil pravius esse potest, Cic. Tusc. 3, 33, 80: things base and w., turpia et prava, Juv. 14, 41. 2. perversus: bad and w., pravum et perversum, Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. 3. falsus (false, mistaken): that is altogether w., falsum est id totum, Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28: the mind prone to w., acclinis falsis animus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 6. 4. ăliēnus (unsuitable): they engage in a w. place, alieno loco praelium committunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 15. 5. vĭtiōsus (faulty): a w. comparison, exemplum vitiosum, Auct. Her. 2, 29, 46. 6. injustus (unjust): how w. that was towards his country he did not see, id quam injustum in patriam esset non videbat, Cic. Off. 3, 21, 82. 7. ĭnīquus: what is more w. or more shameful than this? quid hoc iniquius aut indignius? Cic. Quint. 2, 8. Phr.: wrong measure: *mensura iniqua, non justa: cf. Liv. 5, 48, fin.: to form a w. conclusion, vitiose concludere, Cic. Acad. 2, 30, 98: to be w. (of persons): errare: she took the w. road, erravit via, Virg. Aen. 2, 739: you are wholly w., tota erras via, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14: I had sooner be w. with Plato than right with your others, errare malo cum Platone quam cum istis vera sentire, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 39: we may be w., but how could a god be w.? possumus falli; deus falli qui potuit? id. N. D. 3, 31, 76: whom the Egyptians think it w. to name, quem Aegyptii nefas habent nominare, ibid. 22, 56.